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Vexillum takakuwai

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Species of gastropod

Vexillum takakuwai
Vexillum takakuwai
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. takakuwai
Binomial name
Vexillum takakuwai
Cernohorsky & Azuma, 1974
Synonyms

Vexillum (Costellaria) takakuwai Cernohorsky & M. Azuma, 1974

Vexillum (Costellaria) takakuwai is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Description

The shell size varies between 27 mm and 70 mm

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Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off in the East China Sea, off Japan, the Philippines and Queensland, Australia.

References

  1. ^ Vexillum (Costellaria) takakuwai Cernohorsky & Azuma, 1974. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 December 2010.
  • Cernohorsky, W. O.; Azuma, M. (1974). Description of a new species of Vexillidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Japan. Venus. 33(1): 7–10
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
  • Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1–100-page(s): 63

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Taxon identifiers
Vexillum takakuwai
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