Vexillum articulatum

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

Vexillum articulatum
Drawing of a shell of Vexillum articulatum
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. articulatum
Binomial name
Vexillum articulatum
(Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra articulata Reeve, 1845
  • Pusia callipicta Sarasúa, 1978 (junior secondary homonym of Vexillum callipictum Woodring, 1928: Vexillum (Pusia) josefinae Sarasúa, 1985 is a replacement name)
  • Vexillum (Pusia) articulatum (Reeve, 1845)
  • Vexillum (Pusia) josefinae Sarasúa, 1985
  • Vexillum (Pusiolina) arestum Rehder, 1943
  • Vexillum arestum (Rehder, 1943)

Description

The length of the shell attains 11.4 mm.

(Original description) The shell is shortly fusiform and somewhat ventricose. The whorls are smooth, longitudinally rather obsoletely plicated, slightly tubercled in the middle. The shell is pale pinkish scarlet, encircled with a small white brown-articulated zone. The columella is four-plaited. [2]

The shell is pale pinkish scarlet, encircled with a small white brown articulated zone. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana.

References
  1. Vexillum articulatum (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2012.
  2. 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
  3. Tryon (1882), Manual of Conchology IV
  • Sarasúa H. (1978). Especies nuevas de Mitridae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda). Poeyana. 180 1-9.
  • Sarasúa, H. (1985). Nuevo nombre para Pusia callipicta Sarasúa (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) y lista actualizida de las especies cubanas de la subfamilia Vexillinae. Miscelanea Zoologica. 27: 1-2.
  • Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1–100 page(s): 18
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