Vexillum catenatum

Vexillum catenatum
Shell of Vexillum catenatum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. catenatum
Binomial name
Vexillum catenatum (Broderip, 1836)
Synonyms [1]
Mitra bibsaeNowell-Usticke, 1969 Mitra catenata var. pluricostataDautzenberg & Bouge, 1923 Mitra (Costellaria) catenata var. pluricostataDautzenberg & Bouge, 1923 Pusia bibsae(Nowell-Usticke, 1969) Pusia nodulitaSarasúa, 1978 Tiara catenataBroderip, 1836 Vexillum (Pusia) catenatum(Broderip, 1836) Vexillum (Pusia) nodulita(Sarasúa, 1978) Vexillum bibsae(Nowell-Usticke, 1969) Vexillum zythochroa(Melvill, 1888)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm.

The shell is white, with large irregular chestnut-brown spots, arranged in bands. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific, from Mauritius to Hawaii, Midway and Pitcairn Island; also off Australia.

References

1. Vexillum catenatum (Broderip, 1836) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
2. Tryon (1882), Manual of Conchology IV

• Nowell-Usticke, G. W. 1969. A supplementary listing of new shells (illustrated). To be added to the Check List of the marine shells of St. Croix. Burlington, Vermont: Lane Press. 32 pp., 6 pls
• Sarasúa H. (1978). Especies nuevas de Mitridae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda). Poeyana. 180 1–9.
• Turner H. (2001) Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald 1860 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Muricoidea). Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 100 pp.

External links

• Broderip W.J. (1836 ["1835"]). Characters of new genera and species of the Mollusca and Conchifera, collected by Mr. Cuming [Shells of the genus Mitra, Lam., and one species of Conoelix, Swains., forming part of the collection of Mr. Cuming]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 3: 192-198
• Dautzenberg, P. & Bouge, L. J. (1923). Mitridés de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de ses dépendances. Journal de Conchyliologie. 67(2): 83-159
• Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Archived 2 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine