Vexillum bellum

Vexillum bellum
	Vexillum bellum (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. bellum
Binomial name
	Vexillum bellum; (Pease, 1860)
Synonyms
	Turricula bella Pease, 1860 ·; Vexillum (Costellaria) bellum (Pease, 1860);

Vexillum bellum 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 19 mm.

(Original description) The shell is fusiform. The spire is acuminated. The whorls are convexly angulated. The suturės are rather deep and longitudinally ribbed,. The ribs are somewhat angular, irregular in size and finely striated longitudinally, also the interstices, and crossed by numerous transverse striae. The base of the shell is slightly recurved. The columella is four-plaited with a callosity posteriorly. The aperture is lyrated within. The colour of the shell is light chestnut brown, with broad lighter or whitish bands, and spotted remotely and irregularly with reddish brown. The base is white.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Hawaii

References

^ Vexillum bellum (Pease, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
^ Pease, W. H. (1860). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 28: 18-36; 141-148

[WoRMS-1] Vexillum bellum (Pease, 1860). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

[2] Pease, W. H. (1860). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 28: 18-36; 141-148

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