Vexillum salisburyi

Vexillum salisburyi
Vexillum (Pusia) salisburyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. salisburyi
Binomial name
Vexillum salisburyi Cernohorsky, 1976
Synonyms [1]
Pusia salisburyiW.O. Cernohorsky, 1976 Vexillum (Costellaria) daniellaeDrivas, J. & M. Jay, 1989 Vexillum (Pusia) salisburyiCernohorsky, 1976

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

Description

The shell size varies between 8 mm and 15 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion and the Mascarene Basin; and in the Western Pacific Ocean off the Philippines and Hawaii; also off Australia (Queensland).^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. "Vexillum (Pusia) salisburyi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
2. Vexillum (Pusia) salisburyi Cernohorsky, 1976 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 7 December 2010.

• Cernohorsky, W.O. (1976). "The Taxonomy of Some Indo-Pacific Mollusca: Part 4. With descriptions of new taxa and remarks on Nassarius coppingeri (Smith)". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum . 13: 111–129. ISSN   0067-0464. JSTOR   42906239. Wikidata   Q58677032.
• Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
• Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1–100-page(s): 57
• Robin, A. & Martin, J-C. 2004. Mitridae Costellariidae. Paris : Xenophora 34 pp., 32 plates.