Vexillum hypatiae is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

Vexillum hypatiae
Shell of Vexillum hypatiae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. hypatiae
Binomial name
Vexillum hypatiae
(Pallary, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Uromitra hypatiae Pallary, 1912
  • Vexillum haifensis (P.M. Pallary, 1912)

Description edit

The length of the shell attains 7 mm.

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs off Turkey and Egypt.

References edit

  1. ^ Vexillum hypatiae (Pallary, 1913). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  • Turner H. (2001) Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald 1860 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Muricoidea). Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 100 pp.

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