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Vexillum zebuense

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Vexillum zebuense
Partial shell of Vexillum zebuense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. zebuense
Binomial name
Vexillum zebuense
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Mitra praetexta G. B. Sowerby II, 1874 (probable synonym)
  • Mitra praetexta G. B. Sowerby II, 1870
  • Mitra puncturata G. B. Sowerby III, 1879 (original combination)
  • Mitra rorata Gould, 1850 ·
  • Mitra rufomaculata Souverbie, 1860
  • Mitra zebuensis Reeve, 1844 (original combination)
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) zebuense (Reeve, 1844)
  • Vexillum puncturatum (G. B. Sowerby III, 1879)

Vexillum zebuense, common name the zebu mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell attains 28 mm.

(Original description) The shell is somewhat fusiform and shining. It is grooved towards the base, very finely cancellated with rather flat close-set ridges, of which the longitudinal are the stronger. The shell is white, the upper part of the whorls is ornamented with a few large chestnut-brown spots. The columella is five-plaited. [2]

The shell shows strong axial ribs with narrow flattened crests. They are overridden and slightly notched by narrow spiral grooves that separate wide flattened areas. [3]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in thewestern Pacific from the Philippines, through Fiji to Polynesia.

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