Vexillum lyratum

Vexillum lyratum
Shell of Vexillum lyratum (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. lyratum
Binomial name
Vexillum lyratum (Lamarck, 1822)
Synonyms
Mitra lyrataLamarck, 1822 (original combination) Turricula lyrata(Lamarck, 1822) Vexillum (Vexillum) lyratum(Lamarck, 1822)

Vexillum lyratum 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 55 mm.

The ribs are narrow and sharp. The color of the shell is light olive or ash, with narrow dark chocolate or blackish revolving bauds. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific off Madagascar, Thailand, Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, the South China Sea; also off Papua New Guinea and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland).

References

1. Vexillum lyratum (Lamarck, 1822) . 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 .

• Cotton, B.C. 1957. Family Mitridae. Royal Society of South Australia Malacological Section 12: 8 pp.
• Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 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.
• Salisbury, R. 2000. Costellariidae of the World, Pt. 2. Of Sea and Shore 22(4): 221-235
• 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.
• Thach, N.N. 2002. The miters of Vietnam. Of Sea and Shore 25(1): 40-51

External links

• Liénard, Élizé. Catalogue de la faune malacologique de l'île Maurice et de ses dépendances comprenant les îles Seychelles, le groupe de Chagos composé de Diego-Garcia, Six-îles, Pèros-Banhos, Salomon, etc., l'île Rodrigues, l'île de Cargados ou Saint-Brandon. J. Tremblay, 1877.
• Schepman, 1913. The prosobranchia of the Siboga expedition. Part IV -V - VI: Toxoglossa This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .