Vexillum adornatum

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Vexillum adornatum
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Drawing of a shell of Vexillum adornatum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. adornatum
Binomial name
Vexillum adornatum
(Tomlin, 1920)
Synonyms [1]
  • Mitra ornataA.Adams, 1851
  • Mitra adornataTomlin, 1920

Vexillum adornatum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. [1]

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Description

The white shell has chestnut bands, or is dark colored with white bands. The acute shell is oblong-fusiform. Its acute whorls show revolving striae between the ribs. The shell consists of nine whorls, angulate at the sutures. The anterior part of the body whorl is slightly umbilicate and recurved. The columella contains four plaits. The outer lip is slightly angulate. [2] [3]

Distribution

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