Vexillum suluense

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Vexillum suluense
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Vexillum suluense
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. suluense
Binomial name
Vexillum suluense
(Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Synonyms [1]
  • Mitra exquisitaSowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1889 (not Garrett, 1873)
  • Mitra rectilateralisSowerby, G.B. II & III, 1874
  • Mitra suluensisA. Adams & Reeve, 1850 superseded combination
  • Mitra (Vulpecula) tomliniMelvill, J.C., 1925 (not W. H. Turton, 1933)
  • Turricula rectilateralis(G. B. Sowerby II, 1874)
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) suluense(A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
  • Vexillum rectilateralis(G. B. Sowerby II, 1874)

Vexillum suluense is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. [2]

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Description

The shell size varies between 5 mm and 30 mm

(Original description - described as Mitra rectilateralis ) The shell is turreted and acuminated. It is sculptured with straight longitudinal ribs and spiral striae. The body whorl is oblong, straight-sided above and below, banded with brown and white. The aperture is as long as the spire.

Distribution

This species occurs off the Andaman Islands and in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines, Fiji, the Solomons Islands, Papua New Guinea and Queensland, Australia.

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References

  1. "Vexillum (Costellaria) suluense". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
  2. Vexillum (Costellaria) suluense (Adams & Reeve, 1850) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 28 October 2010.