Vexillum fraudator

Vexillum fraudator
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. fraudator
Binomial name
Vexillum fraudator
Turner, Gori & Salisbury, 2007[1]
Synonyms[2]

Vexillum (Costellaria) fraudator H. Turner, Gori & R. Salisbury, 2007

Vexillum fraudator is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 9.6 mm and is often ribbed. Like other members of its genus, it is elongated. It inhabits warm marine environments and feeds on small invertebrates.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Mozambique and the Marshall Islands.

References

  1. ^ Turner, Gori & Salisbury. (2007) Vita Malacologica, supplement to Basteria 5: 1–48. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  2. ^ a b Vexillum fraudator Turner, Gori & Salisbury, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.


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