Vexillum potieri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. potieri
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| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum potieri Drivas & Jay, 1989
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 23 mm and 39 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Mozambique, Réunion and the Philippines.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Vexillum potieri Drivas & Jay, 1989. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591518 on 2018-12-31
- Drivas, J. & Jay, M. (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'Île Maurice. Collection les beautés de la nature. Delachaux et Niestlé: Neuchâtel. ISBN 2-603-00654-1. pp. 1-160.
- Steyn, D. G.; Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
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