Vexillum intertaeniatum

Vexillum intertaeniatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. intertaeniatum
Binomial name
	Vexillum intertaeniatum; (G.B. Sowerby II, 1874)
Synonyms
	Costellaria intertaeniatum(G.B. II Sowerby, 1874); Costellaria michaui intertaeniatumG.B. II Sowerby, 1874; Mitra intertaeniataG. B. Sowerby II, 1874 (original combination); Mitra laevicostataG. B. Sowerby II, 1874; Turricula pulchraGarrett, 1880; Vexillum (Costellaria) intertaeniatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874); Vexillum laevicostatum(G. B. Sowerby II, 1874); Vexillum (Costellaria) intertaeniata(G.B. Sowerby II, 1874);

Last updated April 06, 2023

Vexillum intertaeniatum 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 12 mm and 17 mm.

(Described as Turricula pulchra) The acuminately turreted shell is solid, subfusiform, slightly shining, contracted and obliquely grooved towards the base, which is somewhat twisted. The shell contains whorls 9-11 whorls, nearly flat, angularly shouldered, longitudinally plicately-costate. The ribs are smooth, 12 to 14 on the body. The interstices show fine longitudinal striae, with or without transverse impressed lines. The columella is four-plaited. The aperture is about two-fifths the length of the shell. The color is variable; whitish, bluish-white, ashy-blue, ashy-green, brown with pale ribs, and generally with four or five transverse fillets of small alternately orange-yellow and brown spots. Some of the dark examples have a whitish spiral line and the articulated fillets are nearly obsolete. The aperture and the columella are brownish with a pale zone above. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and in the Western and Central Pacific; also off Queensland, Australia.

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References

↑ Vexillum intertaeniatum (Sowerby II, 1874) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
↑ Garrett, A. (1880). Catalogue of the Polynesian Mitradae, with remarks on their geographical range, station, and descriptions of supposed new species. Journal of Conchology. 3: 1-73. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

Dautzenberg, P. & Bouge, L.J. 1923. Mitridés de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de ses dépendances. Journal de Conchyliologie 67(2): 179-259
Taylor, J.D. 1986. Diets of sand living predatory gastropods at Piti Bay, Guam. Asian Marine Biology 3: 47-58
Salisbury, R. 2000. Costellariidae of the World, Pt. 2. Of Sea and Shore 22(4): 221-235
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.
Buijse, J.A., Dekker, H. & Verbinnen, G. 2009. The identities of Mitra fidicula Gould, 1850, Mitra michaui Crosse & Fischer, 1864 and Mitra intertaeniata G.B. Sowerby II, 1874, with the description of a new Vexillum species (Gastropoda: Costellariidae). Visaya 2(4): 16-51
Thach, N.N. 2002. The miters of Vietnam. Of Sea and Shore 25(1): 40-51
Wils, E. & Verbinnen, G. 2002. Red Sea Mollusca: Part 12. Class Gastropoda; Family: Costellariidae. Gloria Maris 41(1-2): 29-37

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[WoRMS-1] Vexillum intertaeniatum (Sowerby II, 1874) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

[2] Garrett, A. (1880). Catalogue of the Polynesian Mitradae, with remarks on their geographical range, station, and descriptions of supposed new species. Journal of Conchology. 3: 1-73. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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