Vexillum interstriatum
Vexillum interstriatum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
| Vexillum interstriatum | |
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| Shell of Vexillum interstriatum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. interstriatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum interstriatum (Sowerby II, 1870) | |
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Description
The length of the shell varies between 18 mm and 38 mm.
The longitudinal ribs are smooth, distant, the interstices with spiral striae. The shell is white, banded with orange, maculated with chestnut between the ribs. [2]
Distribution
This species occurs off the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Hawaii; also off Papua New Guinea and Queensland, Australia.
References
- Vexillum interstriatum (Sowerby II, 1870). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Tryon (1882), Manual of Conchology IV
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- Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1870. Descriptions of forty-eight new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1870: 249–259
- Melvill, J.C. & Sykes, E.R. 1898. Notes on a collection of marine shells from the Andaman Islands, with descriptions of new forms of Terebra. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 3: 35-48, pl. 3
- Cotton, B.C. 1957. Family Mitridae. Royal Society of South Australia Malacological Section 12: 8 pp.
- Cate, J. 1963. Revision of Dall's Hawaiian mitrids with descriptions of three new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Veliger 6(1): 23-43, pls 5-8
- 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
- Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp.
- Guillot de Suduiraut, E. 2000. Contribution à la connaissance de quelques gastéropides mitriformes e l'archipel des Philippines (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Mitridae & Costellariidae). Xenophora. Association française de conchyliologie 89: 8-12
- Salisbury, R. 2000. Costellariidae of the World, Pt. 2. Of Sea and Shore 22(4): 221-235
- 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
- Thach, N.N. 2002. The miters of Vietnam. Of Sea and Shore 25(1): 40-51
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