Vexillum percnodictya

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Vexillum percnodictya
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Drawing of a shell of Vexillum percnodictya (holotype)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. percnodictya
Binomial name
Vexillum percnodictya
(Melvill, 1888)
Synonyms [1]
  • Mitra cerithinaMelvill, 1888
  • Mitra percnodictyaMelvill, 1888
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) percnodictyum(Melvill, 1888)

Vexillum percnodictya 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 21.5 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

(Original description) The narrow, dusky-brown shell is fusiform and turreted. It is many ribbed with smooth ribs. The interstices are deeply cancellated. The columella is three-plaited. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar, Andaman Islands and Australia

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Vexillum percnodictya (Melvill, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591515 on 2018-12-31
  2. ↑ Melvill, J. C. (1888). Descriptions of fifteen new species of Mitra. Journal of Conchology. 5(9): 281-288 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .


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