Vexillum concentricum
Shell of Vexillum concentricum (holotype)
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. concentricum
Binomial name
Vexillum concentricum
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms
  • Mitra (Costellaria) stephanucha var. astephana Melvill, 1904 d
  • Mitra concentrica Reeve, 1844 ·
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) concentricum (Reeve, 1844)
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) echinatum astephana (Melvill, 1904)

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

Description

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It has a shell size of 15 to 32.6 mm

(Original description) The shell is acuminately ovate, somewhat fusiform. It is longitudinally concentrically ribbed, the ribs pointed at the upper part, interstices impressly striated. The shell is whitish, stained here and therewith spots of rusty brown, with a broad band round the base. The columella is five-plaited . The interior of the aperture is striated. [2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific; also in the Red Sea and off Australia (Queensland)

References

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  1. ^ Vexillum concentricum (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  2. ^ Reeve, L. A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pl. 1-39 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.
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