Vexillum vespula

Vexillum vespula
Vexillum vespula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. vespula
Binomial name
Vexillum vespula Turner & Marrow, 2001
Synonyms
Vexillum (Costellaria) vespulaH. Turner & Marrow, 2001

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

Description

The shell size is 16 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the seas off the Philippines.

References

1. Vexillum vespula Turner & Marrow, 2001 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 7 October 2010.

• Turner, H.; Marrow, M.P. (2001). Five new Vexillum (Costellaria) species from various Indo-Pacific locations and remarks on Vexillum (Costellaria) perrieri (Dautzenberg, 1929) (Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Costellariidae). Novapex (Jodoigne) 2(2): 43-55
• Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1–100, page(s): 67

External links

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