Vexillum chickcharneorum

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Vexillum chickcharneorum
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Shell of Vexillum chickcharneorum (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. chickcharneorum
Binomial name
Vexillum chickcharneorum
Lyons & Kaicher, 1978
Synonyms
  • Pusia chickcharneorumW.G. Lyons & S.D. Kaicher, 1978
  • Vexillum (Pusia) chickcharneorumLyons & Kaicher, 1978

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 9.4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Bahamas.

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