Vexillum piceum

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

Vexillum piceum
Vexillum piceum (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. piceum
Binomial name
Vexillum piceum
(Pease, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Strigatella picea Pease, 1860 (original combination)
  • Turricula (Pusia) putillus Pease, 1865
  • Turricula putillus Pease, 1865
  • Vexillum (Pusia) piceum (Pease, 1860)

Description

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Hawaii.

References
  1. Vexillum piceum (Pease, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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