Vexillum crocatum

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

Vexillum crocatum
Vexillum crocatum
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. crocatum
Binomial name
Vexillum crocatum
(Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra assimilis Garrett, 1873 (uncertain synonym; invalid: junior homonym of Mitra assimilis Pease, 1868)
  • Mitra aurantia Broderip, W.J., 1836 (non Gmelin, 1791)
  • Mitra concinna Reeve, 1844
  • Mitra crocata Lamarck, 1811 (original combination)
  • Mitra cumingii Reeve, 1844
  • Mitra flavescens Reeve, L.A., 1844
  • Mitra imitatrix Dautzenberg, Ph. & J.L. Bouge, 1923
  • Pusia crocata (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Pusia imitatrix (P. Dautzenberg & J.L. Bouge, 1923)
  • Vexillum (Pusia) crocatum (Lamarck, 1811)
  • Vexillum cumingi (Reeve, 1844)

Description

The shell size varies between 17 mm and 36 mm

(Described as Mitra concinna) The ovate shell is contracted at the base. The spire is turreted. The whorls are angulated at the upper part and longitudinally ribbed. The ribs are granosely pointed upon the angle, transversely crossed with small obtuse ridges. The ridges are bright yellow, the interstices very dark chesnut. The columella is four-plaited. [2]

(Original description as Mitra assimilis) The oblong shell is subfusiform, turreted, solid and shining. It is whitish, with closely set transverse deep-brown slightly raised lines. The spire is moderately elevated and acute . The shell contains 8-9 whorls, plano-convex, shouldered above, longitudinally ribbed. The ribs are closely set, angular, slightly nodulous, 16 to 18 in number. The body whorl is convexly rounded, contracted and granulated at the base. The aperture is narrow, bluish white and lyrate within. The outer lip is rather sharp and crenulate. The columella shows four folds. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Chagos and the Mascarene Basin, and in the Indo-West Pacific.

References
  1. Vexillum (Pusia) crocatum (Lamarck, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 January 2011.
  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. Garrett, A. (1873). List of species of Mitridae collected at Rarotonga, Cook's Islands, with notes, also descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1872: 839-843
  • Sheppard, A (1984). The molluscan fauna of Chagos (Indian Ocean) and an analysis of its broad distribution patterns. Coral Reefs 3: 43–50
  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 27
  • Steyn, D. G.; Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
  • "Vexillum (Pusia) crocatum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  • Liénard, Élizé. Catalogue de la faune malacologique de l'île Maurice et de ses dépendances comprenant les îles Seychelles, le groupe de Chagos composé de Diego-Garcia, Six-îles, Pèros-Banhos, Salomon, etc., l'île Rodrigues, l'île de Cargados ou Saint-Brandon. J. Tremblay, 1877.
  • W.O.Cernohorsky, The Mitridae of Fiji - The Veliger v. 8 (1965-1966)
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