Vexillum radix

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Vexillum radix
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. radix
Binomial name
Vexillum radix
(G.B. Sowerby II & G.B. Sowerby III, 1874)
Synonyms [1]
  • Costellaria euthymiana(G.B. II Sowerby, 1874)
  • Mitra euthymianasensu Jousseaume Ms Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923 (nomen nudum)
  • Mitra radixG. B. Sowerby II, 1874 (original combination)
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) radix(G. B. Sowerby II, 1874)

Vexillum radix 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 31 mm.

The shell is similar to Vexillum obeliscus (Reeve, 1844), but the ribs are more distant and arcuate. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific: off Mozambique and the Philippines; also off Australia (Queensland, Western Australia)

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