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Vexillum exasperatum Roughened Mitre

Vexillum exasperatum is commonly referred to as Roughened Mitre. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Vexillum exasperatum, 10mm, Bali


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lexID:
18093 
AphiaID:
712137 
Scientific:
Vexillum exasperatum 
German:
Raue Mitra 
English:
Roughened Mitre 
Category:
 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Costellariidae (Family) > Vexillum (Genus) > exasperatum (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Gmelin, ), 1791 
Occurrence:
Australia, Bali, Fiji, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, KwaZulu-Natal (Province East Coast South Africa), Madagascar, Mascarene Islands, Mauritius, Mozambique, Philippines, Queensland (Australia), Red Sea, Solomon Islands, South-Africa, Tasmania (Australia), Tulamben 
Marine Zone:
Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 
Sea depth:
Meter 
Habitats:
Intertidal zone, Tidal Zone, Sandy sea floors, Seawater, Sea water, Stony Soils, Tide pools / rock pools, Under rocks 
Size:
0.39" - 0.79" (1,0cm - 2,9cm) 
Temperature:
25,4 °F - 29,3 °F (25,4°C - 29,3°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, No reliable information available, Predatory 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Vexillum accinctum
  • Vexillum acromiale
  • Vexillum acuminatum
  • Vexillum acupictum
  • Vexillum adamsi
  • Vexillum adamsianum
  • Vexillum aemula
  • Vexillum aequatoriense
  • Vexillum aethiopicum
  • Vexillum albocinctum
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2026-01-27 18:26:09 

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Vexillum exasperatum (Reeve, 1844)

Vexillum exasperatum is a species of marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Synonymised names
Mitra puncturata G. B. Sowerby III, 1879 · unaccepted (original combination)
Mitra rorata A. A. Gould, 1850 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Mitra rufomaculata Souverbie, 1860 · unaccepted
Mitra zebuensis Reeve, 1844 · unaccepted (original combination)
Vexillum (Costellaria) zebuense (Reeve, 1844) · unaccepted
Vexillum puncturatum (G. B. Sowerby III, 1879) · unaccepted

External links

  1. sealifebase (en). Abgerufen am 27.01.2026.
  2. Wikipedia (en). Abgerufen am 27.01.2026.

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Vexillum exasperatum, 10mm, Bali
Vexillum exasperatum, 10mm, Bali
Vexillum exasperatum, 10mm, Bali

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