Vexillum zelotypum

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Vexillum zelotypum
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Original image of a shell of Vexillum zelotypum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. zelotypum
Binomial name
Vexillum zelotypum
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms [1]
  • Mitra zelotypaReeve, 1845
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) zelotypum(Reeve, 1845)

Vexillum zelotypum, common name the jealous mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. [1] [2]

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Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

(Original description) The shell is ovate. The whorls are rounded at the upper part, longitudinally ribbed, transversely strongly cancellately ridged. They are banded throughout with yellow and white. The columella is four-plaited. The interior of the aperture is pale violet. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Samoa.

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Vexillum zelotypum (Reeve, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=751926 on 2018-12-31
  2. ↑ Turner H. (2001) Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald 1860 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Muricoidea). Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 100 pp.
  3. ↑ 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.
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