Vexillum mica | |
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Drawing of a shell of Vexillum mica | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
Family: | Costellariidae |
Genus: | Vexillum |
Species: | V. mica |
Binomial name | |
Vexillum mica (Reeve, 1845) | |
Synonyms | |
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Vexillum mica, common name the glittering mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. [1]
The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 9.5 mm.
(Original description) The shell is somewhat fusiformly ovate, smooth, polished and ivory white. It is faintly banded with orange. The columella is four-plaited.
This is a small white orange-banded shell with a surface as hard and shining as polished ivory. [2]
This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Guam.
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