Vexillum concentricum

Vexillum concentricum
Shell of Vexillum concentricum (holotype)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. concentricum
Binomial name
Vexillum concentricum (Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms
Mitra (Costellaria) stephanucha var. astephanaMelvill, 1904 d Mitra concentricaReeve, 1844 · Vexillum (Costellaria) concentricum(Reeve, 1844) Vexillum (Costellaria) echinatum astephana(Melvill, 1904)

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

Description

It has a shell size of 15 to 32.6 mm.

(Original description) The shell is acuminately ovate, somewhat fusiform. It is longitudinally concentrically ribbed, the ribs pointed at the upper part, interstices impressly striated. The shell is whitish, stained here and therewith spots of rusty brown, with a broad band round the base. The columella is five-plaited. The interior of the aperture is striated. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific; also in the Red Sea and off Australia (Queensland).

References

1. Vexillum concentricum (Reeve, 1844) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
2. Reeve, L. A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pl. 1-39 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.

• Melvill, J.C. (1904). Note on Mitra stephanucha Melv., with description of a new variety. Journal of Malacology. 11: 86, pl. 8.
• Cotton, B.C. 1957. Family Mitridae. Royal Society of South Australia Malacological Section 12: 8 pp.
• Salisbury, R.A. 1999. Costellariidae of the World, Pt. 1. Of Sea and Shore 22(3): 124-136
• Turner H. (2001) Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald 1860 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Muricoidea). Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 100 pp.

External links

• Liénard, Élizé. Catalogue de la faune malacologique de l'île Maurice et de ses dépendances comprenant les îles Seychelles, le groupe de Chagos composé de Diego-Garcia, Six-îles, Pèros-Banhos, Salomon, etc., l'île Rodrigues, l'île de Cargados ou Saint-Brandon. J. Tremblay, 1877.
• Turner, H. (1995). Vexillum (Costellaria) concentricum (Reeve, 1844) dug out from the graveyard of synonymy. Hawaiian Shell News. 43 (12): 1, 12