Vexillum leucozonias

Vexillum leucozonias
Shell of Vexillum leucozonias (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. leucozonias
Binomial name
Vexillum leucozonias (Deshayes in Laborde, 1834)
Synonyms [1]
Mitra batistaJ. Cate, 1963 Mitra cineraceaReeve, 1845 Mitra leucozoniasDeshayes, 1833 (original combination) Mitra moanaJ. M. Cate, 1963 Mitra (Costellaria) leucozonias(Deshayes, 1833) Turricula cineracea(Reeve, 1845) Vexillum (Costellaria) leucozonias(Deshayes, 1833) Vexillum cinereum [sic]

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm.

The shell is ashy gray, with an interrupted white band at the shoulder, and white-tinged at the base. ^[2]

(Described as Mitra cineracea) The whorls are angular, and the ribs at the angle have each a little white spot. These spots run into each other, forming a continuous band. The shell is otherwise gray, or brown. The aperture is very short. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, off Mozambique; off Hawaii, the Society Islands, the Solomon Islands and Tuamotus.

References

1. Vexillum leucozonias (Deshayes in Laborde, 1834) . 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. Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published

External links

• Deshayes, G. P. (1833). [Coquilles de la Mer Rouge in L. de Laborde, Voyage de l'Arabie Pétrée par Léon de Laborde et Linant. Giard, Paris. 87 pp, 69 pl., 2 maps. ]
• 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
• 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.
• Trondle, Jean, and Rudo Von Cosel. "Invenaire bibliographique des mollusques marins de L'archipel Des Marquises (Polynesie Francaise)." Atoll Research Bulletin (2005).
• Kabat, Alan R., and C. V. Coan. "The Red Sea Mollusca described by Deshayes in Laborde’s Voyage de l’Arabie Pétrée (1830–1834)." The Nautilus 133.2 (2019): 31-39.
• Salvat, Bernard, and Jean Tröndlé. "Biogéographie des mollusques marins de Polynésie française." Revue d'Ecologie, Terre et Vie 72.3 (2017): 215-257.