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Vexillum humile
Shell of Vexillum humile (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. humile
Binomial name
Vexillum humile
(Hervier, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Mitra humilis Hervier, 1897 (original combination)
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) humile (Hervier, 1897)

Vexillum humile is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. [1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7.5 mm and 9.8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar, Mozambique, the Seychelles, the Maldives, the Philippines and Guam.

References

  1. ^ Vexillum humile (Hervier, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160.