Vexillum Unifascialis

Golden Mitre
Vexillum unifasciale affinis
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. unifascialis
Binomial name
Vexillum (Pusia) unifascialis (Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms[1]
Vexillum (Pusia) multicostatum Broderip, W.J., 1836 Vexillum affinis Reeve, L.A., 1844 Mitra areolata Reeve, L.A., 1844 Mitra (Tiara) speciosa Reeve, L.A., 1844 Vexillum (Pusia) aureolatum Reeve, L.A., 1845 Vexillum (Pusia) variatum Reeve, L.A., 1845 Mitra fratercula Garrett, A., 1873 Mitra hemprichi Jickeli, 1874 Vexillum (Costellaria) semiticum Jickeli, 1874 Vexillum (Pusia) bizonale Dautzenberg, Ph. & J.L. Bouge, 1923 Vexillum (Pusia) splendidula Sarasúa, H., 1975

Vexillum (Pusia) unifascialis, common name : the Golden Mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.^[2]

The epithet is sometimes spelled as "unifasciale" ^[3]

There is one subspecies : Vexillum unifascialis affinis (Reeve, 1844) ^[2] and one forma : Vexillum (Pusia) unifasciale venustula (f) (Reeve, L.A., 1844) ^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 8 mm and 29 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, the Persian Gulf and in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin in the Indo-West Pacific and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines , Japan , Australia , Papua New Guinea and Polynesia.

References

• Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 66

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