Vexillum bizonale

Vexillum bizonale
Shell of Vexillum bizonale (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. bizonale
Binomial name
Vexillum bizonale (Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923)
Synonyms [1]
Mitra affinisReeve, 1844 (invalid: junior homonym of Mitra affinisLesson, 1842) Mitra aureolata var. bizonalisDautzenberg & Bouge, 1923 (basionym) Vexillum (Pusia) bizonale(Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923) Vexillum (Pusia) unifasciale affinis(Reeve, 1844) Vexillum affinis (Reeve, 1844) ·

Vexillum bizonale is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 19 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia and the Philippines; also in the Indian Ocean off Réunion.

References

1. Vexillum bizonale (Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.

External links

• Reeve, L. A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pl. 1-39 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
• Dautzenberg, P. & Bouge, L. J. (1923). Mitridés de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de ses dépendances. Journal de Conchyliologie. 67(2): 83-159 [15 February 1923; 67(3): 179-259, pl. 2]