Vexillum albotaeniatum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
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| Shell of Vexillum albotaeniatum (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. albotaeniatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum albotaeniatum (Hervier, 1897)
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Description
editThe shell is elongated with longitudinal ridges, and is white with some darker spots. The last whirl exceeds half of the total length of the shell, with a pointed lip. The shell's throat is also striated. The length of the shell reaches 14-15 millimeters, and its diameter reaches a max of 5 millimeters.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off New Caledonia and the Philippines.
References
edit- ^ a b Vexillum albotaeniatum (Hervier, 1897). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2012.
- ^ Hervier, J. (1 January 1897). "Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de Mollusques, provenant de l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (suite)" [Descriptions of new species of Molluscs from the archipelago of New Caledonia (continued)]. Journal de Conchyliologie (in French and Latin). 45 (1). Paris: 63–64. ISSN 0021-7719. OCLC 1605690. Retrieved 27 July 2023 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 15
External links
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