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Vexillum malleopunctum

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Vexillum malleopunctum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. malleopunctum
Binomial name
Vexillum malleopunctum
(Cernohorsky, 1981)
Synonyms
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) malleopunctum Cernohorsky, 1981 · unaccepted (basionym)
  • Vexillum (Pusia) malleopunctum Cernohorsky, 1981

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

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Western Australia

References

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  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [
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  • Cernohorsky, W. O. (1981). "The Taxonomy of Some Indo-Pacific Mollusca: Part 9". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 18: 193–202. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906303. Wikidata Q58677173.