Vexillum woldemarii

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Vexillum woldemarii
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Shell of Vexillum woldemarii (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. woldemarii
Binomial name
Vexillum woldemarii
(Kiener, 1838)
Synonyms [1]
  • Mitra aethiopsReeve, 1845
  • Mitra choavaReeve, 1844
  • Mitra creniplicataA. Adams, 1853
  • Mitra woldemariiKiener, 1838
  • Zierliana woldemarii(Kiener, 1838)

Vexillum woldemarii, common name the coffee-berry mitre, 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 24 mm.

(Described as Mitra choava) The ovate shell is solid and smooth. The spire is short. The shell is blackish-brown, the plaits are white. The columella is concave, armed with a callosity, four-plaited. The outer lip is peculiarly flattened and canaliculated at the upper part, crenulated within. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.

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