Vexillum leucodesma

Vexillum leucodesma
Vexillum (Pusia) leucodesma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. leucodesma
Binomial name
Vexillum leucodesma (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms [1]
Mitra leucodesmaReeve, 1845 Vexillum (Pusia) leucodesma (Reeve, 1845) Vexillum leucodesmum(Reeve, 1845) (misspelling)

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

Description

The shell size varies between 11 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indo-West Pacific and the Philippines; also off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Vexillum (Pusia) leucodesma (Reeve, 1845) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 6 December 2010.

• 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.
• Salisbury, R. 2000. Costellariidae of the World, Pt. 2. Of Sea and Shore 22(4): 221-235
• Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1–100 page(s): 40
• 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

• "Vexillum (Pusia) leucodesmum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 6 December 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.