Vexillum cancellarioides

Vexillum cancellarioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Subgenus:	Pusia
Species:	V. cancellarioides
Binomial name
Vexillum cancellarioides (Anton, 1838)
Synonyms
Mitra fraga Kiener, L.C., 1838 Mitra tuberculata Kiener, L.C., 1839 Mitra nodosa Reeve, L.A., 1844 Mitra pinguis Reeve, L.A., 1845 Pusia cancellarioides (Anton, 1838) Vexillum cancellarioides (Anton, 1838)

Vexillum cancellarioides, common name the cancellaria mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Description

The shell size of this species varies between 13 mm and 25 mm, comparable to the length of average human fingernail. Its shell may have any color range from cream white to light brown.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean along the Aldabra Atoll and the Mascarene Basin, and in the Western Pacific.

References

• Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll
• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
• Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1–100

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External links

• "Vexillum (Pusia) cancellarioides". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 27 January 2011.