Vexillum plicarium

Vexillum (Vexillum) plicarium
Plaited Mitre (Vexillum plicarium)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Subgenus: Vexillum
Species: V. plicarium
Binomial name
Vexillum (Vexillum) plicarium
(Linne, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra lividum Röding, P.F., 1798
  • Mitra balteolata Reeve, 1844
  • Mitra berthae Sowerby III, 1879
  • Mitra discors Küster, 1840
  • Mitra plicatum Röding, P.F., 1798
  • Vexillum (Vexillum) balteolatum Reeve, L.A., 1844
  • Mitra plicata Reeve, L.A., 1844
  • Mitra pullata Reeve, L.A., 1844
  • Mitra umbrosa Sowerby, G.B. II & III, 1874
  • Vexillum berthae Sowerby, G.B. II, 1879
  • Mitra denticulata Dall, W.H., 1905

Vexillum (Vexillum) plicarium, common name : the Plaited Mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

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Description

The shell size varies between 30 mm and 66 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Andaman Sea and in the Pacific Ocean along Samoa and the Philippines.

References

  1. ^ a b Vexillum (Vexillum) plicarium (Linne, 1758).  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416279 on 7 December 2010.