Vexillum discolorium

Vexillum discolorium
Vexillum discolorium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. discolorium
Binomial name
Vexillum discolorium (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
Mitra discoloriaReeve, 1845 (original combination) Mitra (Costellaria) dilectissimaMelvill, J.C. & Sykes, E.R. 1899 Vexillum (Pusia) discolorium(Reeve, 1845)

Vexillum discolorium , common name the sundry coloured mitre,is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. ^[1]

Description

(Original description) The ovate shell is granulated at the base. The spire is acuminately turreted. The whorls prominent round the upper part and longitudinally conspicuously ribbed. The ribs are rather broad, obtuse and transversely impressly lineated. The shell is alternated with pink and white bands. The pink bands are stained in the interstices between the ribs with burnt black. The columella is four-plaited. The aperture is small. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-west Pacific from the Gulf of Oman through the tropical Pacific to Samoa; also off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)

References

1. Vexillum discolorium (Reeve, 1845) . 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.

• Smith, E.A. 1876. A list of marine shells, chiefly from the Solomon Islands, with descriptions of several new species. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 12: 535–562, pl. 30
• Melvill, J.C. & Sykes, E.R. 1899. Notes on a third collection of marine shells from the Andaman Islands, with descriptions of three new species of Mitra. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 3(4): 220-229 [224-225
• Dautzenberg, P. & Bouge, L.J. 1923. Mitridés de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de ses dépendances. Journal de Conchyliologie 67(2): 179-259
• Cotton, B.C. 1957. Family Mitridae. Royal Society of South Australia Malacological Section 12: 8 pp.
• Habe, T. 1964. Shells of the western Pacific in color. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 233 pp., 66 pls.
• 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 [
• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
• 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

• Ladd, H.S. (1977). Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 533: i–iv, 1–84, pls 1–23 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .