Vexillum plicarium

Vexillum (Vexillum) plicarium
Shell of Vexillum plicarium from Gilbert Islands at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
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 plicatum Röding, 1798

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]

Plaited Mitre (Vexillum plicarium)

Description

The shell size varies between 30 mm and 66 mm. This shell is usually white with black or dark brown spiral bands, but the basic color may also be cream or orange. The interior is white. The shape is fusiform, with various nodulose spiral ribs.

Distribution

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

References

• Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 51
• Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218

External links

• Gastropods
• WoRMS
• Biosearch

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