| Vexillum pulchellum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. pulchellum
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| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum pulchellum (Reeve, 1844)
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Vexillum pulchellum, common name the pretty mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, also known as the ribbed miters.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 15.6 mm.
(Original description) The shell is acuminately ovate. The spire is somewhat turreted and longitudinally ribbed. The ribs are narrow, flat, rather close-set, slightly granulated towards the base and transversely impressly striated. The shell is orange yellow, ornamented with a purple band in the interstices between the ribs. The columella is five-plaited. [2]
Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea.
References
[edit]- ^ Vexillum pulchellum (Reeve, 1844). 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.
- Sarasúa H. (1978). Especies nuevas de Mitridae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda). Poeyana. 180 1-9.
page(s): 4-5, figs 1c-d
- Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas