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

Vexillum michaui
Vexillum michaui (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. michaui
Binomial name
Vexillum michaui
Crosse & Fischer, 1864)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra alauda Sowerby II& Sowerby III, 1874
  • Mitra deshayesi var. nigricans Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923 (non Pease, 1865)
  • Mitra michaui Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864 (basionym)
  • Vexillum alauda (Sowerby II, 1874)
  • Vexillum deshayesii alauda (Sowerby II, 1874)

There are two subspecies:

  • Vexillum michaui michaui Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864
  • Vexillum michaui wilsi Buijse & Dekker, 1990

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 16 mm and 27 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean in the Mascarene Basin and Mozambique; off the Philippines, Vietnam, the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vexillum michaui (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=752112 on 2023-04-16
  • Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 44
  • Buijse J.A., Dekker H. & Verbinnen G. (2009) The identities of Mitra fidicula Gould, 1850, Mitra michaui Crosse & Fischer, 1864 and Mitra intertaeniata G.B. Sowerby II, 1874, with the description of a new Vexillum species (Gastropoda: Costellariidae). Visaya 2(4): 16–51. [Published June 2009] page(s): 18
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