Kingdom Animalia Family Costellariidae Subgenus Costellaria Phylum Mollusca Rank Species | Superfamily Muricoidea Genus Vexillum Scientific name Vexillum virgo Higher classification Vexillum | |
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Similar Vexillum, Costellariidae, Vexillum exasperatum, Gastropods | ||
Vexillum (Costellaria) virgo, common name : the Virgin Mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.
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Description
The shell size varies between 13 mm and 25 mm
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indo-West Pacific and in the Pacific Ocean along Samoa, Australia and Papua New Guinea
References
Vexillum virgo Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA