Vexillum crocatum

Vexillum crocatum
	Vexillum crocatum
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. crocatum
Binomial name
	Vexillum (Pusia) crocatum; (Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms
	Mitra assimilis Garrett, 1873; Mitra aurantia Broderip, W.J., 1836; Mitra concinna Reeve, 1844; Mitra cumingii Reeve, 1844; Mitra flavescens Reeve, L.A., 1844; Mitra imitatrix Dautzenberg, Ph. & J.L. Bouge, 1923; Pusia crocata (Lamarck, 1811); Vexillum cumingi (Reeve, 1844);

Vexillum crocatum, common name : the saffron mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 17 mm and 36 mm

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Chagos and the Mascarene Basin, and in the Indo-West Pacific.

Sheppard, A (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis of its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs 3: 43–50
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): 27

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