| Vexillum festum | |
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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. festum
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| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum festum (Reeve, 1845)
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Vexillum festum, common name the pleasant mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
Description
[edit](Original description) The shell is pyramidally ovate, longitudinally obtusely ribbed. The interstices between the ribs are transversely cancellated. The shell is ivory-white. The body whorl is encircled with a broad olive-ash belt, indistinctly dotted with white. The columella is four-plaited. [2]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off the Philippines.
References
[edit]- ^ Vexillum festum (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ 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.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Hans TURNER & Richard SALISBURY, Three new costellarid species from Japan, Papua New Guinea and other Indo-Pacific locations (Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Costellariidae); APEX 14(3-4) 73-80, 20 dec 1999
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