Vexillum buriasense

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Vexillum buriasense
File:Vexillum buriasense 01.jpg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. buriasense
Binomial name
Vexillum buriasense
(Tomlin, 1920)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra buriasensis Tomlin, 1920 (original combination)
  • Mitra elegans Reeve, 1845 (junior secondary homonym of Voluta elegans Link, 1807; Mitra buriasensis is a replacement name)
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) buriasense (Tomlin, 1920)

Vexillum buriasense is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 23 mm. It is in a spiral shape and is white and cream in color.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Australia

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Vexillum buriasense (Tomlin, 1920). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Lea, H. C. 1841. Descriptions of some new species of fossil shells from the Eocene at Claiborne, Alabama. American Journal of Science and Arts, series 1, 40(9):92-103, 1 pl

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