Vexillum corbicula
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. corbicula
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| Vexillum corbicula (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
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Vexillum corbicula is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
Description[edit]
The shell size varies between 14 mm and 20 mm
The shell is yellowish white, shaded with yellowish brown. The tubercles of the shoulder angle are tipped with chestnut, forming a necklacelike row. The interior of the aperture is light yellowish. The ribs and the revolving riblets are both close, forming granules. [2]
Distribution[edit]
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and the Mascarene Basin, and in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii; also off the Philippines.[citation needed]
References[edit]
- ^ Vexillum corbicula (Sowerby II, 1870). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2010.
- ^ Tryon (1882), Manual of Conchology IV
- 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 page(s): 26
External links[edit]
- "Vexillum (Costellaria) corbicula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
- Liénard, Élizé. Catalogue de la faune malacologique de l'île Maurice et de ses dépendances comprenant les îles Seychelles, le groupe de Chagos composé de Diego-Garcia, Six-îles, Pèros-Banhos, Salomon, etc., l'île Rodrigues, l'île de Cargados ou Saint-Brandon. J. Tremblay, 1877.
- Sowerby, G. B. II. (1870). Descriptions of forty-eight new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1870: 249-259
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