Vexillum leucodesma
| Vexillum leucodesma | |
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| Vexillum (Pusia) leucodesma | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. leucodesma
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| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum leucodesma (Reeve, 1845)
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Vexillum leucodesma is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
Description
The shell size varies between 11 mm and 20 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indo-West Pacific and the Philippines; also off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).
References
- ^ a b Vexillum (Pusia) leucodesma (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2010.
- Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. Systematics of the families Mitridae & Volutomitridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 8: 1-190 [
- Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
- Salisbury, R. 2000. Costellariidae of the World, Pt. 2. Of Sea and Shore 22(4): 221-235
- Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1–100 page(s): 40
- Arnaud, J.P., Berthault, C., Jeanpierre, R., Martin, J.C. & Martin, P. 2002. Costellariidae et Mitridae de Nouvelle Calédonie. Xenophora. Association française de conchyliologie. Supplément 100: 52 pp
External links
- "Vexillum (Pusia) leucodesmum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- Reeve, L. A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pl. 1-39 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.
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