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Vexillum macandrewi

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Vexillum macandrewi
Drawing of a shell of Vexillum macandrewi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. macandrewi
Binomial name
Vexillum macandrewi
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Mitra macandrewi G. B. Sowerby II, 1874 · unaccepted (original combination)
  • Turricula macandrewi (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874)
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) macandrewi (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874)

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

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 19 mm and 33 mm.

(Original description) A pretty graceful, thin, fawn-coloured shell, with spiral striae and elegantly curved longitudinal thin ribs. [2]

The shell has a fawn color, lighter on the periphery. [3]

Distribution

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This marin e species occurs off South Africa, Mozambique; in the Red Sea and the Philippines.

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