Vexillum semisculptum

Vexillum semisculptum
	Shell of Vexillum semisculptum (holotype)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. semisculptum
Binomial name
	Vexillum semisculptum; (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Synonyms
	Mitra semisculpta A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 superseded combination; Pusia semisculptum (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850); Vexillum (Pusia) semisculptum (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850);

Vexillum semisculptum 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 14 mm.

(original description) The shell has an oblong-fusiform shape, with a sharp, brown apex. The shell contains twelve whorls. The penultimate whorl and the body whorl are smooth, whilst the rest are highly sculptured The whorls are longitudinally ribbed. Their interstices are clathrate. The columella is three- to four-plaited. The aperture is narrow. The outer lip is simple. The shell is of a lead-colour, darkly painted with fine rusty wavy lines and with a pale single band at the body whorl. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines; also off the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea.

References

^ Vexillum semisculptum (Adams & Reeve, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
^ Adams, A. & Reeve, L. A. (1848-1850). Mollusca. In A. Adams (ed.), The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846. Reeve & Benham, London, x + 87 pp., 24 pls This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

Cernohorsky, Walter Oliver. The Mitridae of Fiji; The veliger vol. 8 (1965)

[WoRMS-1] Vexillum semisculptum (Adams & Reeve, 1850). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

[2] Adams, A. & Reeve, L. A. (1848-1850). Mollusca. In A. Adams (ed.), The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Samarang, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., F.R.A.S., F.G.S., during the years 1843-1846. Reeve & Benham, London, x + 87 pp., 24 pls This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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