Strigatella vexillum

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Strigatella vexillum
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Mitridae
Genus: Strigatella
Species:
S. vexillum
Binomial name
Strigatella vexillum
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Mitra (Nebularia) vexillum Reeve, 1844
  • Mitra vexillum Reeve, 1844

Strigatella vexillum, common name : the vexillate mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mitridae, the miters or miter snails.[1]

Description[]

The shell size varies between 25 mm and 86.5 mm

Distribution[]

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along East Africa and in the Central Pacific Ocean.

References[]

  1. ^ Strigatella vexillum (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 December 2018.
  • Cernohorsky W. O. (1976). The Mitrinae of the World. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 3(17) page(s): 430

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