Vexillum pardale
Vexillum pardale is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
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| Vexillum pardale shells | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. pardale |
| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum pardale (Küster, 1840) | |
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Description
The shell size varies between 14 and 20 millimeters in length.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Mauritius, Aldabra Atoll, and the Mascarene Basin, and in the Western Pacific Ocean except for along Hawaii.
References
- MolluscaBase (2018). Vexillum pardale (Küster, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=751916 on 2018-12-31
- Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.
- Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
- Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
- Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1–100
page(s): 49
External links
- "Vexillum (Pusia) pardalis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- Liénard, Élizé. Catalogue de la faune malacologique de l'île Maurice et de ses dépendances comprenant les îles Seychelles, le groupe de Chagos composé de Diego-Garcia, Six-îles, Pèros-Banhos, Salomon, etc., l'île Rodrigues, l'île de Cargados ou Saint-Brandon. J. Tremblay, 1877.
- W.O.Cernohorsky, The Mitridae of Fiji - The Veliger v. 8 (1965-1966)
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