Vexillum clathratum

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Vexillum clathratum
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Drawing of a shell of Vexillum clathratum (holotype)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. clathratum
Binomial name
Vexillum clathratum
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms [1]
  • Mitra clathrataReeve, 1844
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) clathratum(Reeve, 1844)

Vexillum clathratum, common name the latticed mitre, 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 attains 35 mm.

(Original description) The shell is rather elongated. The spire is turreted, acuminately produced. The whorls are depressly angulated at the upper part, longitudinally ribbed, strongly latticed with close-set, raised, transverse ridges. The shell is white. The whorls are encircled round the middle with a single light brown band. The columella is slightly umbilicated and four-plaited. The aperture is rather short. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines; in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius.

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