Vexillum caffrum

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Vexillum caffrum
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Shell of Vexillum caffrum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. caffrum
Binomial name
Vexillum caffrum
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Mitra zonalisQuoy & Gaimard, 1833
  • Vexillum (Vexillum) caffrum(Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Voluta caffraLinnaeus, 1758 (original combination)

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

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 51 mm.

The fusiform shell has a high spire and an adpressed suture. It shows many axial riblets, becoming obsolete on the middle of the body whorl. The outer lip is lirate, a little concave and inverted. The interior of the lip edge is dark brown. The columella has four plaits. The short siphonal canal is open and a little recurved.

The shell is dark chocolate brown, with two or three yellow spiral zones, the upper one visible on the spire. [2]

Distribution

Tropîcal Pacific Ocean from Indonesia to Polynesia; off Australia (Queensland).

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References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase (2018). Vexillum caffrum (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591539 on 2018-12-31
  2. ↑ Tryon (1882), Manual of Conchology IV
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