Vexillum pardalis

Vexillum (Pusia) pardalis, common known as Reeve's bloodied mitre, is a species of small sea snails in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

Vexillum (Pusia) pardalis
Vexillum pardalis shells
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Muricoidea
Family:
Costellariidae
Genus:
Vexillum
Subgenus:
Pusia
Species:
V. pardalis
Binomial name
Vexillum (Pusia) pardalis
(Küster, 1840)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra consanguinea Reeve, 1845
  • Mitra russa Gould, A.A., 1860
  • Pusia pardalis (Küster, 1840)
  • Vexillum (Pusia) consanguineum Reeve, L.A., 1845

Description

The shell size varies between 14 and 20 millimeters in length.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Mauritius, Aldabra Atoll, and the Mascarene Basin, and in the Western Pacific Ocean except for along Hawaii.

References
  1. Vexillum (Pusia) pardalis (Kuster, 1840). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 January 2011.
  • Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.
  • Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1–100

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  • "Vexillum (Pusia) pardalis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 28 January 2011.


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