Vexillum curviliratum
Vexillum curviliratum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. curviliratum |
| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum curviliratum (Sowerby II & Sowerby III, 1874) | |
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Description
The length of the shell varies between 37 mm and 54 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan, in the South China Sea; also off Papua New Guinea and Australia (Queensland)
References
- Vexillum curviliratum (Sowerby II & Sowerby III, 1874). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
External links
- 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
- Adams, A. (1853). Description of fifty-two new species of the genus Mitra, from the Cumingian collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1851) 19: 132-141
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