Vexillum anthracinum
Appearance
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Vexillum anthracinum | |
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Drawing of a shell of Vexillum anthracinum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
Family: | Costellariidae |
Genus: | Vexillum |
Species: | V. anthracinum
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Binomial name | |
Vexillum anthracinum (Reeve, 1844)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Vexillum anthracinum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell attains 13.5 mm.
The shell is covered by a smooth, black epidermis.[2]
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off the Philippines and New Caledonia
References
[edit]- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Vexillum anthracinum (Reeve, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957174 on 2018-12-31
- ^ Tryon (1882), Manual of Conchology IV
External links
[edit]- 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.
- Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Dgebuadze P. & Bouchet P. (2017). Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179(3): 541-626