Vexillum leucozonias

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Vexillum leucozonias
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Shell of Vexillum leucozonias (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
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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]

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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.

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