Nodicostellaria laterculata

Nodicostellaria laterculata
Nodicostellaria laterculata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Nodicostellaria
Species:	N. laterculata
Binomial name
Nodicostellaria laterculata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874)
Synonyms [1]
Mitra laterculataG. B. Sowerby II, 1874 Mitra oriflavensMelvill, 1925 junior subjective synonym Vexillum (Costellaria) laterculatum(G. B. Sowerby II, 1874) Vexillum laterculatum(G. B. Sowerby II, 1874)

Nodicostellaria laterculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. ^[1]

Description

The fusiform shell is cancellated. The spire is as long as the aperture. The whorls are angular. The body whorl is acuminated anteriorly, ornamented in the middle with a broad band bordered at each edge with tile-like spots. The aperture is ridged within. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Guadeloupe.

References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Nodicostellaria laterculata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957078 on 2018-12-31
2. Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published

• Melvill, J. C. (1925). Description of nine new species of Mitridae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 16(5): 215-219, pl. 10.

External links

• Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Dgebuadze P. & Bouchet P. (2017). Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179(3): 541-626.