Vexillum pardalis

Vexillum (Pusia) pardalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Subgenus: Pusia
Species: V. pardalis
Binomial name
Vexillum (Pusia) pardalis
(Küster, 1840)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra consanguinea Reeve, 1845
  • Mitra russa Gould, A.A., 1860
  • Pusia pardalis (Küster, 1840)
  • Vexillum (Pusia) consanguineum Reeve, L.A., 1845

Vexillum (Pusia) pardalis, common name : Reeve's Bloodied Mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 14 - 20 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Mauritius, Aldabra Atoll and the Mascarene Basin and in the Western Pacific Ocean (but not along Hawaii)

References

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