Vexillum michaui explained

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

There are two subspecies:

• Vexillum michaui michaui Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864
• Vexillum michaui wilsi Buijse & Dekker, 1990

Description

The length of the shell varies between 16 mm and 27 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean in the Mascarene Basin and Mozambique; off the Philippines, Vietnam, the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia.

References

• Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 44
• Buijse J.A., Dekker H. & Verbinnen G. (2009) The identities of Mitra fidicula Gould, 1850, Mitra michaui Crosse & Fischer, 1864 and Mitra intertaeniata G.B. Sowerby II, 1874, with the description of a new Vexillum species (Gastropoda: Costellariidae). Visaya 2(4): 16–51. [Published June 2009] page(s): 18

External links

• Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published.
• Crosse, H. & Fischer, P. (1864). Diagnoses Molluscorum Australiae meridionalis. Journal de Conchyliologie. 12 (4): 346-350
• https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k55716846?rk=85837;2
• Liénard, Élizé. Catalogue de la faune malacologique de l'île Maurice et de ses dépendances comprenant les îles Seychelles, le groupe de Chagos composé de Diego-Garcia, Six-îles, Pèros-Banhos, Salomon, etc., l'île Rodrigues, l'île de Cargados ou Saint-Brandon. J. Tremblay, 1877.
• Cernohorsky, Walter Oliver. The Mitridae of Fiji; The veliger vol. 8 (1965)
• WMSDB: image

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vexillum michaui (Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=752112 on 2023-04-16