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Golden Miter

Vexillum aureolatum (Reeve 1844)

Vexillum aureolatum

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Vexillum 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

The shell is orange-brown, with a small white superior zone, and sometimes one or more thread-like inferior bands; sometimes white with an orange band below the suture and another at the base.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and Mauritius and in the tropical Indo-Pacific from the Gulf of Oman to Polynesia, Fiji and Hawaii

References

  • 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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Vexillum aureolatum: Brief Summary

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Vexillum aureolatum, common name : the golden mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

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