Biology:Vexillum angustissimum

Short description: Species of gastropod

Vexillum angustissimum
Shell of Vexillum angustissimum (holotype)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. angustissimum
Binomial name
Vexillum angustissimum (E. A. Smith, 1903)
Synonyms
Mitra (Costellaria) angustissima E. A. Smith, 1903 Mitra angustissima E.A. Smith 1903 Vexillum (Costellaria) angustissimum (E.A. Smith, 1903)

Vexillum angustissimum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 13 mm and 17 mm.

This species is remarkable for its very slender form and the punctate striae between the ribs. The folds on the columella correspond to the oblique ridges between the sulci on the cauda of the body whorl. These ridges are spotted with pale brown.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-Pacific; also off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)

References

• Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. Systematics of the families Mitridae & Volutomitridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 8: 1-190
• Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
• Wils, E. & Verbinnen, G. 2002. Red Sea Mollusca: Part 12. Class Gastropoda; Family: Costellariidae. Gloria Maris 41(1-2): 29-37
• Poppe G.T., Guillot de Suduiraut E. & Tagaro S.P. (2006) New Costellariidae from the Philippines. Visaya 1(6): 104–113.
• Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp

External links

• Smith E.A. (1903). Marine Mollusca. In: J.S. Gardiner (ed.), 1901-1906. The fauna and geography of the Maldive and Laccadive archipelagoes: being an account of the work carried on and of the collections made by an expedition during the years 1899 and 1900. 2(2): 589-630, pls 35-36.

Wikidata ☰ Q7923909 entry