Strigatella vexillum

Strigatella vexillum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Strigatella
Species:
S. vexillum
Binomial name
Strigatella vexillum
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Mitra (Nebularia) vexillum Reeve, 1844
  • Mitra vexillum Reeve, 1844

Strigatella vexillum, common name : the vexillate mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 25 mm and 86.5 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along East Africa and in the Central Pacific Ocean.

References

  1. ^ Strigatella vexillum (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 December 2018.
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 430
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