Vexillum michaui

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

Vexillum michaui
Vexillum michaui (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. michaui
Binomial name
Vexillum michaui Crosse & Fischer, 1864)
Synonyms[1]
Mitra alauda Sowerby II& Sowerby III, 1874 Mitra deshayesi var. nigricans Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923 (non Pease, 1865) Mitra michaui Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864 (basionym) Vexillum alauda (Sowerby II, 1874) Vexillum deshayesii alauda (Sowerby II, 1874)

There are two subspecies:

• Vexillum michaui michaui Crosse & P. Fischer, 1864
• Vexillum michaui wilsi Buijse & Dekker, 1990

Description

The length of the shell varies between 16 mm and 27 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean in the Mascarene Basin and Mozambique; off the Philippines, Vietnam, the Solomon Islands and New Caledonia.^{[citation needed]}