Vexillum oniscinum

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Vexillum oniscinum
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Drawing of a shell of Vexillum oniscinum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. oniscinum
Binomial name
Vexillum oniscinum
(Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms
  • Mitra oniscinaLamarck, 1811
  • Mitra (Pusia) glandiformisL.A. Reeve, 1845
  • Pusia oniscinum(Lamarck, 1811)
  • Vexillum glandiformis(L.A. Reeve, 1845)
  • Vexillum (Pusia) oniscinum(Lamarck, 1811) ·

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

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Description

The shell is chocolate-brown, with a superior white band, and an inferior one less distinct. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Mauritius and the Fiji Islands.

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