Vexillum fortiplicatum

Vexillum fortiplicatum
Shell of Vexillum fortiplicatum (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. fortiplicatum
Binomial name
Vexillum fortiplicatum (Pease, 1868)
Synonyms [1]
Mitra aubryanaHervier, 1897 Mitra (Pusia) aubryanaHervier, 1897 Turricula (Costellaria) fortiplicataPease, 1868 (basionym) Turricula fortiplicataPease, 1868 (original combination) Vexillum (Pusia) fortiplicatum (Pease, 1868) Vexillum kewaloensisJ. Cate, 1963

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 12 mm.

The shell is light chestnut, base and apex whitish. ^[2]

The fusiform shell is attenuated at both ends. It is longitudinally strongly plicately ribbed with the interstices grooved transversely. The spire is granulose. The base is slightly recurved and granosely ribbed transversely. The outer lip is lirate within. The columella is three-plaited, with a callosity at the top. The plaits are prominent and large. The shell is yellowish-chestnut, the lower half of the body whorl and the apex are white. ^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Tuamotu Islands and off the Marianas Islands to New Caledonia, off the Hawaiian Islands.

References

1. Vexillum fortiplicatum (Pease, 1868) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
2. Tryon (1882), Manual of Conchology IV This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
3. Pease W.H. (1868 ["1867"]). Descriptions of marine Gasteropodæ, inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology. 3(3): 211-222 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External links

• Pease W.H. (1868 ["1867"]). Descriptions of marine Gasteropodæ, inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology. 3(3): 211–222
• Hervier, J. (1897). Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 45(1): 47-69
• Cate, J.M. (1963). Revision of Dall's Hawaiian mitrids with descriptions of three new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). The Veliger. 6(1): 23-43, pls 5-8.
• Gastropods.com: Vexillum (Costellaria) fortiplicatum