Vexillum deshayesii
Shell of syntype at MNHN, Paris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. deshayesii
Binomial name
Vexillum deshayesii
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra rigida Swainson, W.A., 1840
  • Mitra deshayesi Reeve, 1844
  • Mitra elegantula Dunker, R.W., 1871
  • Mitra articulata "Philippi, R.A." Jickeli, 1874
  • Mitra festiva Garrett, A., 1880
  • Mitra formosa Garrett, A., 1880
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) deshayesi (Reeve, 1844) (misspelling)

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

The subspecies : Vexillum deshayesi alauda (Sowerby II, 1874) has become a synonym of Vexillum (Costellaria) michaui (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864).

Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 30 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Chagos, the Mascarene Basin, Madagascar, Mauritius and Mozambique through Indonesia to Tonga and Samoa in southern Polynesia.

Fossils were found in late Miocene strata in Eniwetok. The species is not known to be living in the Marshall Islands today. [2]

References

  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 29
  • 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): 23


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