Vexillum pellucidum

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

Vexillum pellucidum
Drawing of a shell of Vexillum pellucidum (holotype)
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. pellucidum
Binomial name
Vexillum pellucidum
(Tate, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Austromitra pellucida (R. Tate, 1887)
  • Mitra pellucida Tate, 1887
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) pellucidum (Tate, 1887)

Description

The length of the shell attains 7 mm.

(Original description) The minute shell is slender, fusiform, translucent, colourless and polished. The protoconch is obtuse. The shell contains six whorls, flatly convex with a distinct suture. The two or three apical whorls are smooth, the rest show thick depressed axial ribs. The interstices are linear and puncturated. The body whorl is lirate at the base. The anterior portion of the columella is slightly recurved. The columella has three strong oblique plaits. The outer lip is not thickened and is smooth within. [2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia.

References
  1. MolluscaBase (2018). Vexillum pellucidum (Tate, 1887). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591514 on 2018-12-31
  2. Tate, R. (1887). Descriptions of some new species of South Australian marine and freshwater Mollusca. Transactions and Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of South Australia. 9: 62-74, pls. 4, 5.
  • 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
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1980. Revision of the Australian and New Zealand Tertiary and Recent temperate species of the family Costellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 16: 109-169
  • Turner, H. 1989. Ungewöhnliche und neue Mitroidea aus dem Indopazifik. Teil 1. Club Conchylia Informationen 21(5/6): 30-62
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
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