Costapex joliveti

Costapex joliveti
Shell of Costapex joliveti (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Costapex
Species:	C. joliveti
Binomial name
Costapex joliveti (Poppe & Tagaro, 2006)
Synonyms [1]
Vexillum (Pusia) jolivetiPoppe & Tagaro, 2006 Vexillum jolivetiPoppe & Tagaro, 2006

Costapex joliveti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. ^{[1] [2]}

Description

Vexillum joliveti is a small, underwater sea snail, with a shell size of between 14 and 18 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the following locations: ^[1]

• Bismarck Sea
• Papua New Guinea
• Philippines
• East China Sea

References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Costapex joliveti (Poppe & Tagaro, 2006). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957104 on 2018-12-31
2. Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Dgebuadze P. & Bouchet P. (2017). Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179(3): 541-626.

• Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2006) New Mitridae and Costellariidae from the Philippines and the East China Sea. Visaya 1(6): 76–89.

External links

• Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Dgebuadze P. & Bouchet P. (2017). Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179(3): 541-626