Vexillum catenatum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

Vexillum catenatum
Shell of Vexillum catenatum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. catenatum
Binomial name
Vexillum catenatum
(Broderip, 1836)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra bibsae Nowell-Usticke, 1969
  • Mitra catenata var. pluricostata Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923
  • Mitra (Costellaria) catenata var. pluricostata Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923
  • Pusia bibsae (Nowell-Usticke, 1969)
  • Pusia nodulita Sarasúa, 1978
  • Tiara catenata Broderip, 1836
  • Vexillum (Pusia) catenatum (Broderip, 1836)
  • Vexillum (Pusia) nodulita (Sarasúa, 1978)
  • Vexillum bibsae (Nowell-Usticke, 1969)
  • Vexillum zythochroa (Melvill, 1888)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 10 mm.

The shell is white, with large irregular chestnut-brown spots, arranged in bands. [2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific, from Mauritius to Hawaii, Midway and Pitcairn Island; also off Australia.

References

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  • Nowell-Usticke, G. W. 1969. A supplementary listing of new shells (illustrated). To be added to the Check List of the marine shells of St. Croix. Burlington, Vermont: Lane Press. 32 pp., 6 pls
  • Sarasúa H. (1978). Especies nuevas de Mitridae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda). Poeyana. 180 1–9.
  • Turner H. (2001) Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald 1860 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Muricoidea). Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 100 pp.
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