Vexillum pardalis

Vexillum (Pusia) pardalis
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. pardalis
Binomial name
	Vexillum (Pusia) pardalis; (Küster, 1840)
Synonyms
	Mitra consanguinea Reeve, 1845; Mitra russa Gould, A.A., 1860; Pusia pardalis (Küster, 1840); Vexillum (Pusia) consanguineum Reeve, L.A., 1845;

Vexillum (Pusia) pardalis, common name : Reeve's Bloodied 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 14 - 20 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Mauritius, Aldabra Atoll and the Mascarene Basin and in the Western Pacific Ocean (but not along Hawaii)

References

^ ^a ^b Vexillum (Pusia) pardalis (Kuster, 1840). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 January 2011.

Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.
Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
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

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External links

Gastropods.com : Vexillum (Pusia) pardalis; accessed : 28 January 2011

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[WoRMS-1] Vexillum (Pusia) pardalis (Kuster, 1840). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 28 January 2011.

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