| Vexillum cubanum | |
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| Shell of Vexillum cubanum (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. cubanum |
| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum cubanum Aguayo & Rehder, 1936 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Vexillum cubanum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 10 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Cuba and in the Caribbean Sea.
References
- 1 2 Vexillum cubanum Aguayo & Rehder, 1936. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Aguayo, C. G. & Rehder, H. A. (1936). New marine mollusks from Cuba. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural Felipe Poey. 9: 263-268, plate 24
- Nowell-Usticke, G.W. (1959) A Check List of the Marine Shells of St. Croix U. S. Virgin Islands with Random Annotations. G.W. Nowell-Usticke, St. Croix, 90 pp., 4 pls.
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