Vexillum echinatum explained

Vexillum echinatum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 16 mm and 28 mm.

Distribution

Red Sea

Tropical Indo-Pacific to Polynesia; also off the Philippines.

References

• Fedosov, A. E., and Yu I. Kantor. "Evolution of carnivorous gastropods of the family Costellariidae (Neogastropoda) in the framework of molecular phylogeny." Ruthenica, Russian Malacological Journal 20.2 (2010): 117-139.

External links

• Adams, A. (1853). Description of fifty-two new species of the genus Mitra, from the Cumingian collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1851) 19: 132-141
• Cernohorsky, Walter Oliver. The Mitridae of Fiji; The veliger vol. 8 (1965)
• TRöNdLÉ, J. E. A. N., and Michel Boutet. "Inventory of marine molluscs of French Polynesia." Atoll Research Bulletin (2009).
• McKenna, Sheila A. "The condition of coral reefs in northwest Madagascar." A Rapid Marine Biodiversity Assessment of the Coral Reefs of Northwest Madagascar. Bulletin of the Rapid Assessment Program 31 (2003): 54-67.
• Salvat, Bernard, and Jean Tröndlé. "Biogéographie des mollusques marins de Polynésie française." Revue d'Ecologie, Terre et Vie 72.3 (2017): 215-257.