Vexillum modestum

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Vexillum modestum
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Shell of Vexillum modestum (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. modestum
Binomial name
Vexillum modestum
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms [1]
  • Mitra comptaA. Adams, 1853
  • Mitra lubensReeve, 1845 junior subjective synonym
  • Mitra modestaReeve, 1845 (original combination)
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) modestum(Reeve, 1845)
  • Vexillum lubens(Reeve, 1845) junior subjective synonym

Vexillum modestum, common name the modest mitre, 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 17 mm.

(Original description) The shell is somewhat fusiformly ovate, contracted at the base, with the spire turreted. The whorls are rounded, longitudinally ribbed with the interstices transversely cancellately impressed. The shell is snowy white, very palely stained towards the base with pink. The columella is four-plaited. The interior of the aperture is pink. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Guam.

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