Vexillum curviliratum

Vexillum curviliratum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. curviliratum
Binomial name
Vexillum curviliratum (Sowerby II & Sowerby III, 1874)
Synonyms [1]
Mitra adornataTomlin, 1920 Mitra ornataA. Adams, 1853 (invalid: junior secondary homonym of Voluta ornataLink, 1807; Mitra adornata is a replacement name) Vexillum (Vexillum) curviliratum(G. B. Sowerby II, 1874)

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 37 mm and 54 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan, in the South China Sea; also off Papua New Guinea and Australia (Queensland).

References

1. Vexillum curviliratum (Sowerby II & Sowerby III, 1874) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.

External links

• Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published
• Adams, A. (1853). Description of fifty-two new species of the genus Mitra, from the Cumingian collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1851) 19: 132-141