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Vexillum michaui

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Vexillum michaui
Vexillum michaui
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. michaui
Binomial name
Vexillum michaui
Crosse & Fischer, 1864)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra alauda Sowerby II& Sowerby III, 1874
  • Mitra deshayesi var. nigricans Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923 (non Pease, 1865)
  • Mitra michaui Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864 (basionym)
  • Vexillum alauda (Sowerby II, 1874)
  • Vexillum deshayesii alauda (Sowerby II, 1874)

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

There are two subspecies:

  • Vexillum michaui michaui Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864
  • Vexillum michaui wilsi Buijse & Dekker, 1990

The length of the shell varies between 16 mm and 27 mm.

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