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Vexillum cubanum

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Species of gastropod

Vexillum cubanum
Shell of Vexillum cubanum (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
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. cubanum
Binomial name
Vexillum cubanum
Aguayo & Rehder, 1936
Synonyms
  • Mitra cruzana Nowell-Usticke, 1959
  • Vexillum cruzana G.W. Nowell-Usticke, 1959
  • Vexillum (Pusia) cubanum Aguayo & Rehder, 1936 ยท

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off Cuba and in the Caribbean Sea.

References

  1. ^ Vexillum cubanum Aguayo & Rehder, 1936. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Aguayo, C. G. & Rehder, H. A. (1936). New marine mollusks from Cuba. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural Felipe Poey. 9: 263-268, plate 24
  • Nowell-Usticke, G.W. (1959) A Check List of the Marine Shells of St. Croix U. S. Virgin Islands with Random Annotations. G.W. Nowell-Usticke, St. Croix, 90 pp., 4 pls.
Taxon identifiers
Vexillum cubanum


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