Vexillum perrieri
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. perrieri
Binomial name
Vexillum perrieri
(Dautzenberg, 1929)
Synonyms
  • Mitra (Turricula) perrieri Dautzenberg, 1929 (basionym)
  • Mitra perrieri Dautzenberg, 1929
  • Mitra turricula A. Adams, 1853 (invalid: secondary junior homonym of Voluta turricula Gmelin, 1791)
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) perrieri (Dautzenberg, 1929)

Vexillum perrieri is a species of marine sea snail in the family Costellariidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 15 mm, its diameter 4.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in shallow waters off Mozambique and Madagascar; the Maldives, Cocos-Keeling Islands, Fiji Islands, New Caledonia.

References

  • Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales, Paris.


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