Vexillum venustulum | |
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Drawing of a shell of Vexillum venustulum (holotype) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
Family: | Costellariidae |
Genus: | Vexillum |
Species: | V. venustulum
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Binomial name | |
Vexillum venustulum (Reeve, 1844)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Mitra venustula Reeve, 1844 |
Vexillum venustulum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
(Original description) The shell is ovate with an acuminated spire. The whorls are convex and longitudinaly granosely ribbed . The shell is bright yellow, encircled with two or three narrow dark chesnut zones. The columella is four-plaited.[2]