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Vexillum radix

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Species of gastropod

Vexillum radix
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species: V. radix
Binomial name
Vexillum radix
(G.B. Sowerby II & G.B. Sowerby III, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Costellaria euthymiana (G.B. II Sowerby, 1874)
  • Mitra euthymiana sensu Jousseaume Ms Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923 (nomen nudum)
  • Mitra radix G. B. Sowerby II, 1874 (original combination)
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) radix (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874)

Vexillum radix is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Description

The length of the shell attains 31 mm.

The shell is similar to Vexillum obeliscus (Reeve, 1844), but the ribs are more distant and arcuate.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific: off Mozambique and the Philippines; also off Australia (Queensland, Western Australia)

References

  1. ^ Vexillum radix (Sowerby II & Sowerby III, 1874). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  2. Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Schepman, M.M. 1911. The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part 4: Rhachiglossa. pp. 247–364, pls 18-24 in Weber, M. (ed.). Siboga Expeditie. Monograph 49.
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. Systematics of the families Mitridae & Volutomitridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 8: 1-190
  • Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp.
  • Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. Seashells of Western Australia. Perth : Western Australian Museum 207 pp.
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
  • Arnaud, J.P., Berthault, C., Jeanpierre, R., Martin, J.C. & Martin, P. 2002. Costellariidae et Mitridae de Nouvelle Calédonie. Xenophora. Association française de conchyliologie. Supplément 100: 52 pp.

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Taxon identifiers
Vexillum radix
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