Costapex joliveti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1][2]

Costapex joliveti
Shell of Costapex joliveti (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Costapex
Species:
C. joliveti
Binomial name
Costapex joliveti
(Poppe & Tagaro, 2006)
Synonyms[1]
  • Vexillum (Pusia) joliveti Poppe & Tagaro, 2006
  • Vexillum joliveti Poppe & Tagaro, 2006

Description

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Vexillum joliveti is a small, underwater sea snail, with a shell size of between 14 and 18 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the following locations:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c MolluscaBase (2018). Costapex joliveti (Poppe & Tagaro, 2006). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957104 on 2018-12-31
  2. ^ Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Dgebuadze P. & Bouchet P. (2017). Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179(3): 541-626.
  • Poppe G.T. & Tagaro S.P. (2006) New Mitridae and Costellariidae from the Philippines and the East China Sea. Visaya 1(6): 76–89.
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