Vexillum maduranum
| Vexillum maduranum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. maduranum
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| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum maduranum Dekkers, 2007[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Vexillum (Vexillum) maduranum Dekkers, 2007 | |
Vexillum maduranum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[2]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 39.3 mm. The shell is elongated, turreted, longitudinally ribbed or plicate. The spire is acuminated. The aperture is narrow. The columella shows numerous plaits. The outer lip is internally striated.[3]
Vexillum species produce complex venoms dominated by highly diversified short cysteine-rich peptides, vexitoxins, related to conotoxins.[4]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Indonesia.
References
[edit]- ^ Dekkers A., 2007. Vita Malacologica, supplement to Basteria, 5: 66–68. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
- ^ Vexillum maduranum Dekkers, 2007. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls
- ^ Kuznetsova, Ksenia G., Zvonareva, Sofia S., Ziganshin, Rustam, Mekhova, Elena S., Dgebuadze, Polina, Yen, Dinh T. H., Nguyen, Thanh H. T., Moshkovskii, Sergei A., Fedosov, Alexander E. - Vexitoxins: conotoxin-like venom peptides from predatory gastropods of the genus Vexillum; Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 8/10/2022, Vol. 289 Issue 1980, p1-10. 10p.
- Dekkers A. 2007. Description of a new Vexillum species (Gastropoda: Costellariidae) from Indonesia. Vita Malacologica, supplement to Basteria, 5: 66-68
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