Vexillum poppei

Vexillum poppei
Shell of Vexillum poppei (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. poppei
Binomial name
Vexillum poppei Guillot de Suduiraut, 2007
Synonyms [1]
Vexillum (Costellaria) poppeiE. Guillot de Suduiraut, 2007 ·

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

Description

The shell size varies between 22 mm and 37 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

Vexillum poppei, abapertural view

References

1. Vexillum (Costellaria) poppei Guillot de Suduiraut, 2007 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.

• Guillot de Suduiraut E. (2007) Description of three new species of Costellariidae from the Indian Ocean and the Pacific. Visaya 2(2): 96-100
• Herrmann, M. (2019). A new sister species of Vexillum cookorum (Turner, Gori & Salisbury, 2007) (Gastropoda: Costellariidae) from the Philippines. Acta Conchyliorum. 18: 95-101.

External links

• "Vexillum (Costellaria) poppei". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 7 December 2010.