Vexillum aureolatum

Vexillum (Pusia) aureolatum
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. aureolatum
Binomial name
	Vexillum (Pusia) aureolatum; (Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms
	Mitra aureolata Reeve, 1844; Pusia aureolata (Reeve, 1844); Vexillum aureolata ; Vexillum (Pusia) multicostatum Broderip, W.J., 1836; Vexillum affinis Reeve, L.A., 1844; Mitra (Tiara) speciosa Reeve, L.A., 1844; Vexillum (Pusia) variatum Reeve, L.A., 1845; Mitra fratercula Garrett, A., 1873; Mitra hemprichi Jickeli, 1874; Vexillum (Costellaria) semiticum Jickeli, 1874; Vexillum (Pusia) bizonale Dautzenberg, Ph. & J.L. Bouge, 1923; Vexillum (Pusia) splendidula Sarasúa, H., 1975;

Vexillum (Pusia) aureolatum, common name : the Golden 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 8 mm and 29 mm

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and Mauritius and in the tropical Indo-Pacific.

Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 18

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