Vexillum zebuense

Vexillum zebuense
	Partial shell of Vexillum zebuense
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. zebuense
Binomial name
	Vexillum zebuense; (Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms
	Mitra praetexta G. B. Sowerby II, 1874 (probable synonym); Mitra praetexta G. B. Sowerby II, 1870; Mitra puncturata G. B. Sowerby III, 1879 (original combination); Mitra rorata Gould, 1850 ·; Mitra rufomaculata Souverbie, 1860; Mitra zebuensis Reeve, 1844 (original combination); Vexillum (Costellaria) zebuense (Reeve, 1844); Vexillum puncturatum (G. B. Sowerby III, 1879);

Vexillum zebuense, common name the zebu mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 28 mm.

(Original description) The shell is somewhat fusiform and shining. It is grooved towards the base, very finely cancellated with rather flat close-set ridges, of which the longitudinal are the stronger. The shell is white, the upper part of the whorls is ornamented with a few large chestnut-brown spots. The columella is five-plaited. ^[2]

The shell shows strong axial ribs with narrow flattened crests. They are overridden and slightly notched by narrow spiral grooves that separate wide flattened areas. ^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in thewestern Pacific from the Philippines, through Fiji to Polynesia.

References

^ Vexillum zebuense (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 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.
^ Ladd, H.S. (1977). Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 533: i–iv, 1–84, pls 1–23 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

Gould, A. A. (1850). [descriptions of new species of shells from the United States Exploring Expedition. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 3: 151-156, 169–172, 214-218, 252–256, 275–278, 292–296, 309–312, 343–348]
Souverbie [S.M.. (1860). Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel Calédonien (5è article). Journal de Conchyliologie. 8(3): 311-326, pl. 11]
Sowerby, G. B. III. (1879). Descriptions of ten new species of shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1878: 795–798, pl. 48.
Cernohorsky, W. O. & Jennings, A. (1965). The Mitridae of Fiji. Veliger. 8(2): 70-160, pls 13-23.
Cernohorsky, Walter Oliver. The Mitridae of Fiji; The veliger vol. 8 (1965)
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[WoRMS-1] Vexillum zebuense (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

[2] 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 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.

[3] Ladd, H.S. (1977). Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 533: i–iv, 1–84, pls 1–23 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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