Vexillum plurinotatum

Vexillum plurinotatum
Shell of Vexillum plurinotatum (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. plurinotatum
Binomial name
Vexillum plurinotatum (Hervier, 1897)
Synonyms
Mitra (Pusia) goubini var. plurinotataHervier, 1897 (basionym) Mitra goubini var. plurinotataHervier, 1897 (original combination) Vexillum (Pusia) plurinotatum(Hervier, 1897) ·

Vexillum plurinotatum 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 6 mm, its diameter 2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan, French Polynesia (Society Islands and Tuamotu Islands) and New Caledonia.

References

1. Vexillum plurinotatum (Hervier, 1897) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.

• Turner, H. , Gori S. & Salisbury, R., 2007. Costellariidae (Gastropoda) of the Maldive Islands, with description of nine new species.

External links

• Hervier, J. (1898). Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 45(4): 225–248, pls 8-9
• Jean Trondlé & Michel Boutet , Inventory of the Marine Molluscs of French Polynesia; Atoll research bulletin, Atoll research bulletin (2009)