Vexillum amabile
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Vexillum amabile (Reeve, 1845)
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Vexillum amabile is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1] The higher group are the Gastropoda.
Description[]
The shell size varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.
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Life cycle[]
Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.
Distribution[]
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.
References[]
- ^ a b Vexillum (amabile (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2012.
- 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
- Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
- Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1–100 page(s): 31
External links[]
- "Vexillum (Pusia) amabile". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
- F. Welter Schultes 2014. http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=8525
Categories:
- Vexillum
- Gastropods described in 1845
- Costellariidae stubs