Vexillum mediomaculatum

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Vexillum mediomaculatum
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Drawing of a shell of Vexillum mediomaculatum
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. mediomaculatum
Binomial name
Vexillum mediomaculatum
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
Synonyms [1]
  • Mitra apertaSowerby II & Sowerby III, 1874
  • Mitra mediomaculataG. B. Sowerby II, 1870 (original combination)
  • Pusia mediomaculatumG.B. Sowerby III, 1870
  • Vexillum (Pusia) mediomaculatum(G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) ·

Vexillum mediomaculatum 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 16 mm.

The shell is somewhat indistinctly plicately ribbed. The ribs are smooth, wide and close together. The interstices show revolving striae. The sculpture altogether is obsolete on the back of the body whorl. The shell is rich chestnut-brown, broadly white-banded, with a row of square, regular brown spots in the centre of the band. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Hawaii and Mauritius.

References

  1. 1 2 Vexillum mediomaculatum (Sowerby II, 1870) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Tryon (1882), Manual of Conchology IV PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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