Vexillum bizonale
Shell of Vexillum bizonale (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. bizonale
Binomial name
Vexillum bizonale
(Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra affinis Reeve, 1844 (invalid: junior homonym of Mitra affinis Lesson, 1842)
  • Mitra aureolata var. bizonalis Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923 (basionym)
  • Vexillum (Pusia) bizonale (Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923)
  • Vexillum (Pusia) unifasciale affinis (Reeve, 1844)
  • Vexillum affinis (Reeve, 1844) ·

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 19 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia and the Philippines; also in the Indian Ocean off Réunion

References


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