Vexillum acuminatum

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Vexillum acuminatum
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Shells of Vexillum acuminatum (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. acuminatum
Binomial name
Vexillum acuminatum
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms [1]
  • Mitra crebrilirataReeve, 1844
  • Mitra elataRöding, P.F. 1798
  • Mitra layardiiAdams, A. 1855
  • Mitra politaReeve, 1844 junior subjective synonym
  • Mitra rosea Kiener, L.C. 1838-1839
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) acuminatum(Gmelin, 1791) accepted, alternate representation
  • Vexillum crebrilirata [sic] (incorrect gender ending)
  • Vexillum crebriliratum(Reeve, 1844)
  • Voluta acuminataGmelin, 1791 (original combination)

Vexillum acuminatum, common name the acuminate mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. [1]

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 12 mm and 42 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific; also off New Caledonia and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).

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