Vexillum catenatum

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Vexillum catenatum
Mitra catenata (MNHN-IM-2000-30185).jpeg
Shell of Vexillum catenatum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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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]

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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.

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