Vexillum revelatum

Vexillum revelatum
	Shell of Vexillum revelatum (holotype)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. revelatum
Binomial name
	Vexillum revelatum; (Melvill, 1899)
Synonyms
	Mitra (Costellaria) revelata Melvill, 1899 (original combination); Mitra revelata Melvill, 1899 ·;

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 21 mm, its diameter 8 mm.

The turriculate, white shell has a fusiform shape. It is solid and little shiny. It exhibits a form more compressed than Vexillum pacificum (Reeve, 1845) It contains 10-11 whorls. The whorls in the protoconch are often pinkish tinged. The other whorls are strongly shouldered, and angulate in the upper portion of each whorl, very rugose. The longitudinal ribs are smooth and obtuse. They are thinly brown-lined, in the middle dark brown-zoned. The white aperture is oblong. The outer lip is straight and thick. The columella is four-plaited. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Persian Gulf

References

MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vexillum revelatum (Melvill, 1899). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1309910 on 2023-05-02
Melvill, J. C. (1899). Notes on the Mollusca of the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman, mostly dredged by Mr. F. W. Townsend, with descriptions of twenty-seven species. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 7, 4(20): 81-101, pls 1-2. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

Blatterer H. (2019). Mollusca of the Dahab region (Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea). Denisia. 43: 1-480

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[WoRMS-1] MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vexillum revelatum (Melvill, 1899). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1309910 on 2023-05-02

[2] Melvill, J. C. (1899). Notes on the Mollusca of the Arabian Sea, Persian Gulf, and Gulf of Oman, mostly dredged by Mr. F. W. Townsend, with descriptions of twenty-seven species. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 7, 4(20): 81-101, pls 1-2. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.