Vexillum unifascialis

Short description: Species of gastropod

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

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Vexillum (Pusia) unifasciale" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/1/Shell_4841.shtml.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Vexillum (Pusia) unifascialis (Lamarck, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2010.
3. ↑ Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice

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

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