Vexillum paligerum

Vexillum paligerum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. paligerum
Binomial name
	Vexillum paligerum; (Sowerby II & Sowerby III, 1874)
Synonyms
	Mitra paligera G. B. Sowerby II, 1874 (original combination); Vexillum (Pusia) paligerum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874);

Vexillum paligerum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

This species is considered by the Australian Faunal Directory as a synonym of Vexillum unifascialis (Lamarck, 1811) [2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 9 mm.

The shell is small and rather fusiform. The spire is turreted. The whorls are angular above. The ribs are rather distant, tuberculated at the suture, painted with bands of spots. The body whorl is rostrated below. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Mauritius and the Philippines.

References

External links

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[WoRMS-1] Vexillum paligerum (Sowerby II & Sowerby III, 1874). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

[2] Australian Faunal Directory

[3] 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