Vexillum (Pusia) exquisitum (Garrett, 1873)
Length: 7.6mm, Width: 2.7mm, Height: 2.6mm. Scuba, 34 ft. Deep within a rubble pile. Agat Bay, Guam. Collected by Bob Abela on 20 April 2005.
Distribution: Widespread throughout the Indo-Pacific
Habitat: Deep within coral rubble.
Availability: Uncommon, small size and habitat makes it difficult to find.
Size: Reaches about 8mm.
Comments: Vexillum suave (Souverbie, 1875) is a synonym.
References:
Cernohorsky, Walter O. 1978. Tropical Pacific Marine Shells. p. 116. pl. 40, fig. 3.
(as V. (P.) suavis (Souverbie, 1875), a synonym.)
Kay, E. Alison. 1979. Hawaiian Marine Shells. p. 331. fig. 110 B.
(as V. (P.) suavis (Souverbie, 1875), a synonym.)
Robin, Alain & Jean-Claude Martin. 2004. Mitridae Costellariidae. p. 27. pl. C-23.
Salisbury, Richard. Costellariidae of the World. Part 2. (Species E-L). Of Sea and Shore 22(4):224-225. fig. 94.
Turner, Hans. 1989. Uncommon and New Mitriform Gastropods from the Indo-Pacific. Part 1. pl. 8, fig. 16.
(as V. (P.) suavis (Souverbie, 1875), a synonym.)
Links
- Hardy's Internet Guide to Gastropods
- Les coquillages de Polynésie française
- Mitroidea
- OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database - as V. (P.) suave (Souverbie, 1875 in 1875-77)