Vexillum subquadratum

Species of gastropod

Vexillum subquadratum

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Superfamily:  | Turbinelloidea
Family:  | Costellariidae
Genus:  | Vexillum
Species:  |

V. subquadratum

Binomial name
Vexillum subquadratum

(Sowerby II & Sowerby III, 1874)

Synonyms

* Mitra subquadrata G. B. Sowerby II, 1874 · unaccepted (original combination)
* Vexillum (Costellaria) subquadratum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874) ·

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

## Description

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The shell attains a length of 23 mm.

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## Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indo-Pacific off Mauritius and the Philippines through to Polynesia and Hawaii.

## References

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1. ^ Vexillum subquadratum (Sowerby II & Sowerby III, 1874). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

* Gori, S.; Rosado, J.; Salisbury, R. A. (2019). Costellariidae (Gastropoda) from Dhofar, Oman with descriptions of eight new species and notes on Vexillum appelii (Jickeli, 1874). Acta Conchyliorum. 18: 25-48.

## External links

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* 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

Taxon identifiers

Vexillum subquadratum|

* Wikidata: Q7924182
* CoL: 5BBHR
* GBIF: 5796249
* IRMNG: 10954319
* Open Tree of Life: 2907160
* WoRMS: 416782

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