Vexillum cancellarioides

Vexillum cancellarioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Subgenus:	Pusia
Species:	V. cancellarioides
Binomial name
	Vexillum cancellarioides; (Anton, 1838)
Synonyms
	Mitra fraga Kiener, L.C., 1838; Mitra tuberculata Kiener, L.C., 1839; Mitra nodosa Reeve, L.A., 1844; Mitra pinguis Reeve, L.A., 1845; Pusia cancellarioides (Anton, 1838); Vexillum cancellarioides (Anton, 1838);

Vexillum cancellarioides, common name the cancellaria mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.^[1]

Description[]

The shell size varies between 13 mm and 25 mm

Distribution[]

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean along the Aldabra Atoll and the Mascarene Basin, and in the Western Pacific.

References[]

^ ^a ^b Vexillum (Pusia) cancellarioides (Anton, 1838). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 January 2011.

Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll
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

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External links[]

"Vexillum (Pusia) cancellarioides". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 27 January 2011.

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[WoRMS-1] Vexillum (Pusia) cancellarioides (Anton, 1838). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 January 2011.

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