Vexillum festum

Vexillum festum
Scientific classification
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) ·;

Last updated March 27, 2023

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.

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References

↑ Vexillum festum (Reeve, 1845) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
↑ 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)

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[WoRMS-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 .

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