Vexillum venustulum

Vexillum venustulum
Drawing of a shell of Vexillum venustulum (holotype)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. venustulum
Binomial name
Vexillum venustulum (Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms [1]
Mitra venustulaReeve, 1844

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

Description

(Original description) The shell is ovate with an acuminated spire. The whorls are convex and longitudinally granosely ribbed. The shell is bright yellow, encircled with two or three narrow dark chesnut zones. The columella is four-plaited. ^[2]

References

1. MolluscaBase (2018). Vexillum venustulum (Reeve, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881432 on 2018-12-31
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.

• Poppe, G. T.; Tagaro, S.; Salisbury, R. A. (2009). New species of Mitridae and Costellariidae from the Philippines. Visaya Supplement. 4: 1-86.

External links

• 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.