Vexillum macandrewi

Vexillum macandrewi
Drawing of a shell of Vexillum macandrewi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. macandrewi
Binomial name
Vexillum macandrewi (G.B. Sowerby II, 1874)
Synonyms
Mitra macandrewiG. B. Sowerby II, 1874 · unaccepted (original combination) Turricula macandrewi(G. B. Sowerby II, 1874) Vexillum (Costellaria) macandrewi(G. B. Sowerby II, 1874)

Vexillum macandrewi 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 19 mm and 33 mm.

(Original description) A pretty graceful, thin, fawn-coloured shell, with spiral striae and elegantly curved longitudinal thin ribs. ^[2]

The shell has a fawn color, lighter on the periphery. ^[3]

Distribution

This marin e species occurs off South Africa, Mozambique; in the Red Sea and the Philippines.

References

1. Vexillum macandrewi (G.B. Sowerby II, 1874) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
2. 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
3. Tryon (1882), Manual of Conchology IV This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External links

• Turner, Hans & Marrow, Maxwell P - "Five new Vexillum (Costellaria) species from various Indo-Pacific locations and remarks on Vexillum (Costellaria) perrieri (Dautzenberg, 1929) (Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Costellariidae)"; Novapex vol. 2 2001
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