Vexillum virgo

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

Vexillum (Costellaria) virgo
Vexillum (Costellaria) virgo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Costellariidae
Genus:
Vexillum
Subgenus:
Costellaria
Species:
V. virgo
Binomial name
Vexillum (Costellaria) virgo
Synonyms[1]
  • Voluta cruentatum Gmelin, J.F., 1791
  • Mitra harpifera Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811
  • Mitra harpaeformis Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
  • Mitra armillata Reeve, 1845
  • Vexillum proxima Nevill, G. & H. Nevill, 1875
  • Vexillum sandwichensis Nevill, G. & H. Nevill, 1875

Description

The shell size varies between 13 mm and 25 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indo-West Pacific and in the Pacific Ocean along Samoa, Australia and Papua New Guinea

References
  1. Vexillum (Costellaria) virgo (Linne, 1767). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 December 2010.
  • Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
  • Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1–100-page(s): 67
  • "Vexillum (Costellaria) virgo". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
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