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Vexillum corbicula

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Vexillum corbicula
Vexillum corbicula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. corbicula
Binomial name
Vexillum corbicula
(G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
Synonyms
  • Mitra corbicula G. B. Sowerby II, 1870
  • Mitra diamesa Hervier, 1897
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) corbicula (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870)
  • Vexillum diamesa (Hervier, 1897)

Vexillum corbicula is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

Description

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The shell size varies between 14 mm and 20 mm

The shell is yellowish white, shaded with yellowish brown. The tubercles of the shoulder angle are tipped with chestnut, forming a necklacelike row. The interior of the aperture is light yellowish. The ribs and the revolving riblets are both close, forming granules. [2]

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and the Mascarene Basin, and in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii; also off the Philippines.[citation needed]

References

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  • Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
  • Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1–100 page(s): 26
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  • "Vexillum (Costellaria) corbicula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 6 December 2010.
  • Liénard, Élizé. Catalogue de la faune malacologique de l'île Maurice et de ses dépendances comprenant les îles Seychelles, le groupe de Chagos composé de Diego-Garcia, Six-îles, Pèros-Banhos, Salomon, etc., l'île Rodrigues, l'île de Cargados ou Saint-Brandon. J. Tremblay, 1877.
  • Sowerby, G. B. II. (1870). Descriptions of forty-eight new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1870: 249-259