Vexillum daedalum

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Vexillum daedalum
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Shell of Vexillum daedalum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. daedalum
Binomial name
Vexillum daedalum
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms [1]
  • Mitra daedalaReeve, 1845
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) daedalum(Reeve, 1845) ·

Vexillum daedalum, common name the costellate mitre shell, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. [1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 9 mm and 30 mm

(original description) The shell is somewhat fusiformly ovate. The spire is turreted. The shell is longitudinally ribbed, interstices between the ribs strongly latticed. The shell is ashy green, encircled with a conspicuous white zone. The columella is four-plaited. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique and in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean off Fiji; [3] ; also off Papua New Guinea and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland).[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. 1 2 Vexillum (Costellaria) daedalum (Reeve, 1845) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 11 December 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.
  3. ↑ "Vexillum daedalum (Reeve, 1845)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
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