Biology:Vexillum chickcharneorum

Short description: Species of gastropod

Vexillum chickcharneorum
Shell of Vexillum chickcharneorum (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. chickcharneorum
Binomial name
Vexillum chickcharneorum Lyons & Kaicher, 1978
Synonyms
Pusia chickcharneorum W.G. Lyons & S.D. Kaicher, 1978 Vexillum (Pusia) chickcharneorum Lyons & Kaicher, 1978

Vexillum chickcharneorum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Description

The length of the shell attains 9.4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Bahamas.

External links

• Lyons, William G.; Kaicher, Sally D.(1978) - A New Vexillum of the Subgenus Pusia (Gastropoda: Vexillidae) from the Bahamas; Bulletin of Marine Science, Volume 28, Number 3, July 1978, pp. 543-549(7)

Wikidata ☰ Q7923951 entry