Vexillum percnodictya | |
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Drawing of a shell of Vexillum percnodictya (holotype) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
Family: | Costellariidae |
Genus: | Vexillum |
Species: | V. percnodictya
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Binomial name | |
Vexillum percnodictya (Melvill, 1888)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Vexillum percnodictya is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
The length of the shell attains 21.5 mm, its diameter 4 mm.
(Original description) The narrow, dusky-brown shell is fusiform and turreted. It is many ribbed with smooth ribs. The interstices are deeply cancellated. The columella is three-plaited.[2]
This marine species occurs off Madagascar, Andaman Islands and Australia