Vexillum obtusispinosum

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Vexillum obtusispinosum
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Shell of Vexillum obtusispinosum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. obtusispinosum
Binomial name
Vexillum obtusispinosum
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1874)
Synonyms

Mitra obtusispinosaG. B. Sowerby II, 1874 ·

Vexillum obtusispinosum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 29.3 mm.

(Original description) The subfusiform shell is yellowish, clouded with salmon and red. It is armed with rather distant ribs, bluntly spinose at the angle, with two tubercles in the middle, and spiral striae. The spire is turreted. The body whorl is ventricose to the middle, contracted anteriorly. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Guam.

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References

  1. ↑ MolluscaBase (2018). Vexillum obtusispinosum (Sowerby, 1874). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591513 on 2018-12-31
  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 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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