| Vexillum balteolatum | |
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| Vexillum balteolatum (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. balteolatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum balteolatum (Reeve, 1844) | |
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Vexillum balteolatum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 29 mm and 45 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines and in the South China Sea.
References
- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Vexillum balteolatum (Reeve, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=598195 on 2018-12-31
External links
- Reeve, L. A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pl. 1-39 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
- Sowerby, G. B. III. (1879). Descriptions of ten new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1878: 795–798, pl. 48. (April 1879).
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Vexillum balteolatum | |
| Mitra balteolata | |
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