Vexillum pardale

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Vexillum pardale
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Vexillum pardale
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. pardale
Binomial name
Vexillum pardale
(Küster, 1840)
Synonyms [1]
  • Mitra pardalisKüster, 1840
  • Pusia pardalis(Küster, 1840)
  • Pusia russa(H.C. Küster, 1840)
  • Vexillum (Pusia) pardale(Küster, 1840)

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

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Description

The shell size varies between 14 and 20 millimeters in length.

The shell is yellowish to chocolate-brown, with an interrupted or continent white band composed of irregular spots. The tops of the longitudinal ribs are lighter in color, sometimes white. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off South Africa, Mozambique, Mauritius, the Aldabra Atoll, and the Mascarene Basin, and in the Western Pacific Ocean except for Hawaii; also off the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland)

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Vexillum pardale (Küster, 1840). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=751916 on 2018-12-31
  2. Tryon (1882), Manual of Conchology IV PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .