Vexillum appelii is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
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| Drawing of a shell of Vexillum appelii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. appelii
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| Vexillum appelii (Jickeli, 1874)
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 26.5 mm; its diameter 10 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Red Sea.
References edit
- ^ a b Vexillum appelii (Jickeli, 1874). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2012.
- Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 17
- Gori, S.; Rosado, J.; Salisbury, R. A. (2019). Costellariidae (Gastropoda) from Dhofar, Oman with descriptions of eight new species and notes on Vexillum appelii (Jickeli, 1874). Acta Conchyliorum. 18: 25-48.
External links edit
- Jickeli, C. F. (1874). Studien über die Conchylien des Rothen Meeres. I. Die Gattung Mitra Lam. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft. 1: 17-55.
- Adams, H. (1872). Further descriptions of new species of shells collected by Robert M'Andrew, Esq., in the Red Sea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1872: 9-12, pl. 3.
- Cooke, A. H. (1885). Report on the testaceous Mollusca obtained during a dredging excursion in the Gulf of Suez in the months February and March 1869 by Robert MacAndrew. Republished, with additions and corrections. Part I. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (5) 15: 322-339
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