Vexillum luculentum

Vexillum luculentum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. luculentum
Binomial name
	Vexillum luculentum; (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
	Mitra dichroaAdams & Reeve, 1850; Mitra graeffiCrosse, 1867; Mitra luculentaReeve, 1845; Mitra tricolorMontrouzier, 1861; Mitra (Pusia) luculenta albidaDautzenberg, P. & Bouge, L.J. 1923; Mitra (Pusia) luculenta nigraDautzenberg, P. & Bouge, L.J. 1923.; Pusia luculenta(Reeve, 1845);

Last updated April 13, 2023

Vexillum luculentum, common namee the clear mitre, 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 15 mm.

(Original description) The shell is ovate and smooth. It is longitudinally rather obsoletely plicately ribbed, ribs granose towards the base. The whorls are conspicuously painted with alternate blue-black and white zones. The columella is three-plaited. ^[2]

Distribution

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

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References

1 2 Vexillum luculentum (Reeve, 1845) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

Montrouzier, R.P. in Souverbie, M. 1861. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'archipel Caledonien, (6th article). Journal de Conchyliologie 9: 271-284
Dautzenberg, P. & Bouge, L.J. 1923. Mitridés de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de ses dépendances. Journal de Conchyliologie 67(2): 179-25
Cotton, B.C. 1957. Family Mitridae. Royal Society of South Australia Malacological Section 12: 8 pp.
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.
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.

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Vexillum luculentum (Reeve, 1845) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

[2] 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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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