Vexillum cingulatum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
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| Vexillum cingulatum (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. cingulatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum cingulatum (Lamarck, 1811)
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 53 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off Mozambique, the Philippines, Sri Lanka and Indonesia.
References edit
- ^ a b Vexillum cingulatum (Lamarck, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
External links edit
- Lamarck (J.B.M.de). (1811). Suite de la détermination des espèces de Mollusques testacés. Mitre (Mitra.). Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 17: 195-222
- Bory de St.-Vincent (J.B.G.M.). (1827). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vers, coquilles, mollusques et polypiers. Tome 1: part 29, pp. 83-84, 133-180
- Lamarck, (J.-B. M) de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième. Paris: published by the Author, 711 pp]
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