species: Vexillum sanguisugum in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
Vexillum sanguisugum


©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Vexillum sanguisugum about 3 cm long from MacGillivray Reef near Lizard Island.

©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Vexillum sanguisugum about 3 cm long from MacGillivray Reef near Lizard Island.

©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Vexillum sanguisugum about 3 cm long from MacGillivray Reef near Lizard Island.
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Neogastropoda
Family Costellariidae
Genus Vexillum
Species Vexillum sanguisugum

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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 5 cm (length according to Wilson, 1994)

Synonyms

Distribution

Web resources

References

References that assist with identification

  • Wilson, B.R. (1994). Australian Marine Shells: 2. Prosobranch gastropods Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia.

Other references

  • Huelsken, T. (2008). Phylogenetic relationship and species identification within the Natcidae Guilding, 1834 (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda), Ph.D. thesis, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum. LIRS catalog number 1204.