Vexillum intermedium

Vexillum (Vexillum) intermedium, common name : the intermediate mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

Vexillum intermedium
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. intermedium
Binomial name
Vexillum intermedium
(Kiener, 1838)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra lupulina Lesson, R.P.
  • Mitra intermedia Kiener, 1838
  • Mitra hybrida Kiener, L.C., 1838
  • Mitra brionae Sowerby III, 1889
  • Vexillum rugosum intermediatum [sic] (misspelling)

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Pacific Ocean along Queensland, Australia.

References
  1. Vexillum (Vexillum) intermedium (Kiener, 1838). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 December 2010.
  • 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): 38
  • Sharabati, D. (1984) Red Sea Shells. KPI Limited, London, 128 pp. page(s): pl. 25
  • Steyn, D.G & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. Pp. i–vi, 1–289.
  • Sowerby, G. B., III. (1889). Descriptions of fourteen new species of shells from China, Japan, and the Andaman Islands, chiefly collected by Deputy Surgeon-Gen. R. Hungerford. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 56: 565-570, pl. 28
  • "Vexillum (Vexillum) intermedium". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 14 December 2010.


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