Vexillum amabile

Vexillum amabile is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1] The higher group are the Gastropoda.

Vexillum amabile
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Costellariidae
Genus:
Vexillum
Species:
V. amabile
Binomial name
Vexillum amabile
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra amabilis Reeve, 1845
  • Mitra encausta Gould, 1850
  • Pusia amabilis (Reeve, 1845)
  • Vexillum (Pusia) amabile (Reeve, 1845)

Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 20 mm.

Life cycle

Embryos develop into planktonic trocophore larvae and later into juvenile veligers before becoming fully grown adults.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin, Mauritius and Tanzania; in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.

References
  1. Vexillum (amabile (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2012.
  • Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
  • Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1–100 page(s): 31
  • "Vexillum (Pusia) amabile". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  • F. Welter Schultes 2014. http://www.animalbase.uni-goettingen.de/zooweb/servlet/AnimalBase/home/species?id=8525


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