Vexillum salisburyi is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[2]
| Vexillum salisburyi | |
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| Vexillum (Pusia) salisburyi | |
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. salisburyi
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| Vexillum salisburyi Cernohorsky, 1976
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Description
editThe shell size varies between 8 mm and 15 mm
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Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion and the Mascarene Basin; and in the Western Pacific Ocean off the Philippines and Hawaii; also off Australia (Queensland).[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Vexillum (Pusia) salisburyi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- ^ Vexillum (Pusia) salisburyi Cernohorsky, 1976. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 December 2010.
- Cernohorsky, W.O. (1976). "The Taxonomy of Some Indo-Pacific Mollusca: Part 4. With descriptions of new taxa and remarks on Nassarius coppingeri (Smith)". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 13: 111–129. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906239. Wikidata Q58677032.
- Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
- 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-page(s): 57
- Robin, A. & Martin, J-C. 2004. Mitridae Costellariidae. Paris : Xenophora 34 pp., 32 plates.