Vexillum albotaeniatum | |
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Shell of Vexillum albotaeniatum (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Costellariidae |
Genus: | Vexillum |
Species: | V. albotaeniatum |
Binomial name | |
Vexillum albotaeniatum (Hervier, 1897) | |
Synonyms | |
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Vexillum albotaeniatum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.
Description
The shell is elongated with longitudinal ridges, and is white with some darker spots. The last whirl exceeds half of the total length of the shell, with a pointed lip. The shell's throat is also striated. The length of the shell reaches 14-15 millimeters, and its diameter reaches a max of 5 millimeters.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia and the Philippines.
References
- ^ Vexillum albotaeniatum (Hervier, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2012.
- Hervier, J. (1 January 1897). "Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de Mollusques, provenant de l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (suite)" [Descriptions of new species of Molluscs from the archipelago of New Caledonia (continued)]. Journal de Conchyliologie (in French and Latin). 45 (1). Paris: 63–64. ISSN 0021-7719. OCLC 1605690. Retrieved 27 July 2023 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 15
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Taxon identifiers | |
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