Vexillum diaconalis

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Vexillum diaconalis
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Drawing of a shell of Vexillum diaconalis (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. diaconalis
Binomial name
Vexillum diaconalis
(Melvill & Standen, 1903)
Synonyms

Mitra (Costellaria) diaconalisMelvill & Standen, 1903

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 13 mm and 17 mm.

This small, fusiform species contains 12 whorls. It is allied to Vexillum scitulum (A. Adams, 1853), which, however, possesses the whorls more scalate and with darker maculations and shading. It is, moreover, a smaller species. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Persian Gulf and in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique.

Distribution Vexillum diaconalis 002.jpg
Distribution

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