Vexillum subdivisum

Vexillum (Vexillum) subdivisum
	Vexillum (Vexillum) subdivisum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Subgenus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. subdivisum
Binomial name
	Vexillum (Vexillum) subdivisum; (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
	Mitra costellaris Lamarck, 1811; Mitra nigrina Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811;

Vexillum (Vexillum) subdivisum, common name : the Costate Mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 30 mm and 60 mm

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Mauritius and in the Pacific Ocean along Australia, Papua New Guinea and Okinawa.

Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1–100-page(s): 62

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