Vexillum cubanum | |
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Shell of Vexillum cubanum (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
Family: | Costellariidae |
Genus: | Vexillum |
Species: | V. cubanum |
Binomial name | |
Vexillum cubanum Aguayo & Rehder, 1936 | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Vexillum cubanum 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 10 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Cuba and in the Caribbean Sea.
References
- 1 2 Vexillum cubanum Aguayo & Rehder, 1936. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Aguayo, C. G. & Rehder, H. A. (1936). New marine mollusks from Cuba. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural Felipe Poey. 9: 263-268, plate 24
- Nowell-Usticke, G.W. (1959) A Check List of the Marine Shells of St. Croix U. S. Virgin Islands with Random Annotations. G.W. Nowell-Usticke, St. Croix, 90 pp., 4 pls.
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