Vexillum articulatum

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Vexillum articulatum
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Drawing of a shell of Vexillum articulatum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. articulatum
Binomial name
Vexillum articulatum
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms [1]
  • Mitra articulataReeve, 1845
  • Pusia callipictaSarasúa, 1978 (junior secondary homonym of Vexillum callipictumWoodring, 1928: Vexillum (Pusia) josefinaeSarasúa, 1985 is a replacement name)
  • Vexillum (Pusia) articulatum(Reeve, 1845)
  • Vexillum (Pusia) josefinaeSarasúa, 1985
  • Vexillum (Pusiolina) arestumRehder, 1943
  • Vexillum arestum(Rehder, 1943)

Vexillum articulatum, common name the articulated 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 length of the shell attains 11.4 mm.

(Original description) The shell is shortly fusiform and somewhat ventricose. The whorls are smooth, longitudinally rather obsoletely plicated, slightly tubercled in the middle. The shell is pale pinkish scarlet, encircled with a small white brown-articulated zone. The columella is four-plaited. [2]

The shell is pale pinkish scarlet, encircled with a small white brown articulated zone. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana.

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