Vexillum vulpecula

Vexillum (Vexillum) vulpecula
	Vexillum (Vexillum) vulpecula
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. vulpecula
Binomial name
	Vexillum (Vexillum) vulpecula; (Linne, 1758)
Synonyms *
	Mitra vulpecula (Linnaeus, 1758); Vexillum superbum Röding, P.F., 1798; Mitra bifasciata Swainson, 1821; Mitra zonalis Quoy, J.R.C. & J.P. Gaimard, 1833; Mitra crispata Küster, 1840; Mitra nodosa Swainson, W.A., 1840; Vexillum plicatissima Küster, H.C., 1840; Mitra staminea Dall, W.H., 1905; Vexillum pervariabilis Dautzenberg, Ph., 1935; Vexillum rugata Dautzenberg, Ph., 1935; Vexillum simulans Dautzenberg, Ph., 1935;

Vexillum (Vexillum) vulpecula, common name : the Little Fox 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 27 mm and 72 mm

This species is distributed in the Indo-West Pacific along Madagascar and Mozambique and in the Pacific Ocean along Australia, the Philippines, Fiji and Okinawa.

Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 68

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