| Vexillum recurvirostris | |
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| Shell of Vexillum recurvirostris (holotype) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. recurvirostris |
| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum recurvirostris (Sowerby III, 1908) | |
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Vexillum recurvirostris is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.
Description
The length of the shell attains 16 mm, its diameter 6 mm.
(Original description) A very pretty little fusiform shell, with a prolonged recurved siphonal canal. The shell contains 10 whorls, angled at the top, then very slightly convex. The numerous longitudinal ribs are neatly tubercled at the suture, the interstices transversely grooved, and the turreted, acute spire produced and attenuated towards the apex. The shell is white with brown blotches for the most part arranged in two zones above and below the middle of the body whorl. The columella is sinuous, five-plaited, protected on top by a rounded white tubercle. The aperture is long, anteriorly narrowed, inside brown-spotted. The thin outer lip is transparent.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Mozambique
References
- Vexillum recurvirostris (Sowerby III, 1908). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Sowerby, G. B. III. (1889). Descriptions of fourteen new species of shells. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. 20 (123): 395-400, pl. 25
External links
- Sowerby, G. B. III. (1908). Mitra recurvirostris; name substituted for M. recurva, Sowerby. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 8(1): 4
- WMSDB: image
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