Vexillum festum

Vexillum festum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. festum
Binomial name
Vexillum festum (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
Mitra festaReeve, 1845 (original combination) Vexillum (Pusia) festum(Reeve, 1845) ·

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

Description

(Original description) The shell is pyramidally ovate, longitudinally obtusely ribbed. The interstices between the ribs are transversely cancellated. The shell is ivory-white. The body whorl is encircled with a broad olive-ash belt, indistinctly dotted with white. The columella is four-plaited. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

1. Vexillum festum (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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Hans TURNER & Richard SALISBURY, Three new costellarid species from Japan, Papua New Guinea and other Indo-Pacific locations (Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Costellariidae); APEX 14(3-4) 73-80, 20 dec 1999

External links

• Cernohorsky, Walter Oliver. The Mitridae of Fiji; The veliger vol. 8 (1965)