Vexillum salisburyi Cernohorsky 1976

Vexillum salisburyi is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.^[2]

Description

The shell size varies between 8 mm and 15 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Réunion and the Mascarene Basin; and in the Western Pacific Ocean off the Philippines and Hawaii; also off Australia (Queensland}.

References

• Cernohorsky W.O. (1976). The taxonomy of some Indo-Pacific Mollusca. Part 4. With descriptions of new taxa and remarks on Nassarius coppingeri (Smith). Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 13: 111-129.
• Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
• Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1–100-page(s): 57
• Robin, A. & Martin, J-C. 2004. Mitridae Costellariidae. Paris : Xenophora 34 pp., 32 plates.

Vexillum (Pusia) salisburyi is een slakkensoort uit de familie van de Costellariidae.^[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1976 door Cernohorsky.