Vexillum radius

Vexillum radius
	Shell of Vexillum radius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. radius
Binomial name
	Vexillum radius; (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
	Costellaria longispira (Reeve, 1845); Mitra (Turricula) radius Reeve, 1845 superseded combination; Mitra longispira Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1874; Mitra radius Reeve, 1845 (original combination); Vexillum (Costellaria) radius (Reeve, 1845) ·;

Vexillum radius, common name the shuttle 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 19.8 mm.

(Original description) The shell is slenderly fusiform. The spire is acuminated. The base is contracted and somewhat elongated. The whorls are longitudinally concentrically plicately ribbed. The interstices are cancellated. The shell has a pale flesh-colour. The body whorl is encircled towards the base with a pale brown band. The columella is two-plaited. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West and South Pacific: off Mozambique, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, Fiji and Papua New Guinea; also off New Zealand and Australia (Queensland)

References

^ Vexillum radius (Reeve, 1845). 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.

Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1874. Monograph of the genus Mitra. 1-46, pls 352-379 in Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 4.
Cotton, B.C. 1957. Family Mitridae. Royal Society of South Australia Malacological Section 12: 8 pp.
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.
Salisbury, R.A. 1999. Costellariidae of the World, Pt. 1. Of Sea and Shore 22(3): 124-136
Salisbury, R. A. & Gori, S. (2019). Notes on a collection of Costellariidae from Palau Islands with descriptions of two new species (Gastropoda: Costellariidae). Acta Conchyliorum. 18: 7-20.

External links

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.
Cernohorsky, Walter Oliver. The Mitridae of Fiji; The veliger vol. 8 (1965)
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[WoRMS-1] Vexillum radius (Reeve, 1845). 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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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