Vexillum costatum

Vexillum costatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. costatum
Binomial name
Vexillum costatum (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
Costellaria igneaW. Wood, 1828 Costellaria isaotakiiJ.T. Kuroda, 1961 Costellaria lanceolata(R.P.J. Hervier, 1897) Costellaria rosea(L.A. Reeve, 1845) Costellaria subulataJ.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1811 Costellaria terebralisW.J. Broderip, 1836 Costellaria vitellina(A.A. Gould, 1850à Mitra vitellinaGould, A.A. 1850 Mitra (Costellaria) lanceolataHervier, J. 1897 Mitra roseaReeve, L.A. 1845 Mitra subulataLamarck, 1811 Tiara terebralisBroderip, 1836 Vexillum (Costellaria) costatum(Gmelin, 1791) Voluta costataGmelin, 1791 Voluta igneaWood, W. 1828

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 21 mm and 49 mm.

Distribution

The species is found in the tropical Pacific from the Philippines to Polynesia; also off Australia (Queensland).

References

1. Vexillum costatum (Gmelin, 1791) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.

• Lamarck, J.P.B.A de M. 1811. Suite de la détermination des espèces de mollusques testacés, Mitre (Mitra). Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 17: 54-80, 195-222
• Wood, W. 1828. Index Testaceologicus; or A Catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign, arranged according to the Linnean system. London : Taylor Supplement, pp. 1-59, pls 1-8.
• Broderip, W.J. 1836. Characters of new genera and species of Mollusca and Conchifera collected by Mr. Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1835: 192-197
• Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 28-39 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 2.
• Gould, A.A. 1850. Shells collected by the United States Exploring Expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 3: 169-172
• Hervier, J. 1897. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de Mollusques provenant de l'Archipel de la Nouvelle Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie 45: 47-69, pls 2-3
• Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. Systematics of the families Mitridae & Volutomitridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 8: 1-190
• Cernohorsky, W.O. 1981. Revision of J. Hervier's type-specimens of Mitracea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Loyalty Islands. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Section A, Zoologie, biologie et écologie animale [Paris, published 1979-1996] 1 3: 93-109
• Turner, H. 1989. Ungewöhnliche und neue Mitroidea aus dem Indopazifik. Teil 1. Club Conchylia Informationen 21(5/6): 30-62
• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
• Salisbury, R.A. 1999. Costellariidae of the World, Pt. 1. Of Sea and Shore 22(3): 124-136
• Arnaud, J.P., Berthault, C., Jeanpierre, R., Martin, J.C. & Martin, P. 2002. Costellariidae et Mitridae de Nouvelle Calédonie. Xenophora. Association française de conchyliologie. Supplément 100: 52 pp.

External links

• Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
• Cernohorsky, Walter Oliver. The Mitridae of Fiji; The veliger vol. 8 (1965)