Vexillum venustulum
| Vexillum venustulum | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Vexillum venustulum (holotype) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. venustulum
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| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum venustulum (Reeve, 1844)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mitra venustula Reeve, 1844 | |
Vexillum venustulum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
Description
(Original description) The shell is ovate with an acuminated spire. The whorls are convex and longitudinally granosely ribbed. The shell is bright yellow, encircled with two or three narrow dark chesnut zones. The columella is four-plaited.[2]
References
- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Vexillum venustulum (Reeve, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881432 on 2018-12-31
- ^ Reeve, L. A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pl. 1-39 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.
- Poppe, G. T.; Tagaro, S.; Salisbury, R. A. (2009). New species of Mitridae and Costellariidae from the Philippines. Visaya Supplement. 4: 1-86.