Vexillena elliscrossi

Vexillena elliscrossi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillena
Species:
V. elliscrossi
Binomial name
Vexillena elliscrossi
Synonyms[1]
  • Pusia (Vexillena) elliscrossi (Rosenberg & Salisbury, 1991)
  • Pusia elliscrossi (Rosenberg & R. Salisbury, 1991) superseded combination
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) elliscrossi Rosenberg & Salisbury, 1991
  • Vexillum elliscrossi Rosenberg & Salisbury, 1991

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 16.9 mm and 18.5 mm, the width of the body whorl ranges from 5.8 mm to 6.8 mm.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Hawaii.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Vexillena elliscrossi (Rosenberg & Salisbury, 1991)). 16 March 20265. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  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.
  3. ↑ Rosenberg, G. & Salisbury, R. A. (1991). "Two new species of Vexillum from the Western Pacific (Gastropoda: Costellariidae)". The Nautilus. 105 (4): 149–150. Retrieved 16 March 2026.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ Gbif.org: distribution


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