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
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Vexillum
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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

  • 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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