Vexillum modestum

Vexillum modestum
Shell of Vexillum modestum (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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]

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.

References

1. Vexillum modestum (Reeve, 1845) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.
2. Reeve, L. A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pl. 1-39 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Steyn, D. G.; Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
• Gori, S.; Rosado, J.; Salisbury, R. A. (2019). Costellariidae (Gastropoda) from Dhofar, Oman with descriptions of eight new species and notes on Vexillum appelii (Jickeli, 1874). Acta Conchyliorum. 18: 25-48.
• Marrow M.P. (2019). Seven new species of Vexillum (Gastropoda: Costellariidae) from Western Australia. Acta Conchyliorum. 19: 77-94.

page(s): pl. 1 figs 5, 8

External links

• Adams, A. (1853). Description of fifty-two new species of the genus Mitra, from the Cumingian collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1851) 19: 132-141
• 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.
• Cernohorsky, Walter Oliver. The Mitridae of Fiji; The veliger vol. 8 (1965)
• WMSDB : image