Vexillum klytios

Vexillum klytios
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. klytios
Binomial name
Vexillum klytios Turner , 2008 [1]
Synonyms [2]
Vexillum (Pusia) klytiosTurner, 2008

Vexillum klytios is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. ^[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific; also off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).

References

1. Turner (2008). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 137 (1) : 105-125. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
2. Vexillum klytios Turner , 2008 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 19 April 2011.

• Turner H. (2008) New species of the family Costellariidae from the Indian and Pacific Oceans (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Muricoidea). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 137(1): 105–125. [27 June 2008] page(s): 111
• Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. Seashells of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 207 pp
• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.