Vexillum smithi

Vexillum smithi
	Shell of Vexillum smithi (holotype)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. smithi
Binomial name
	Vexillum smithi; (Sowerby III, 1889)
Synonyms
	Mitra smithi G. B. Sowerby III, 1889 (original combination); Vexillum (Pusia) smithi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889) · unaccepted; Vexillum catenatum smithi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1889);

Vexillum smithi 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 16 mm, its diameter 5 mm.

(original description) The shell has an elongate-fusiform shape. It is whitish, sparsely banded and spotted with yellow and brown. The spire is very acute and pointed. It contains 11 convex whorls covered with axial ribs. The ribs are very numerous, narrow, crowded, rounded, smooth and near the suture tuberculate. The insterstices are hardly striated. The body whorl has about the same length as the spire. Above and below the band the shell is painted pale yellow with brown spots, the middle zone is white. Below the shell is attenuated, spirally grooved and granular, ending in a recurved tail. The columella is slightly sinuous, three-plaited with thick folds. The aperture is long and narrow. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Mozambique and Réunion

References

Vexillum smithi (Sowerby III, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
Sowerby, G. B. "Descriptions of fourteen new species of shells." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 20.123 (1889): 395-400 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

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[WoRMS-1] Vexillum smithi (Sowerby III, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

[2] Sowerby, G. B. "Descriptions of fourteen new species of shells." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 20.123 (1889): 395-400 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.