Vexillum leucozonias 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 leucozonias (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. leucozonias
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| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum leucozonias (Deshayes in Laborde, 1834)
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 11 mm.
The shell is ashy gray, with an interrupted white band at the shoulder, and white-tinged at the base. [2]
(Described as Mitra cineracea) The whorls are angular, and the ribs at the angle have each a little white spot. These spots run into each other, forming a continuous band. The shell is otherwise gray, or brown. The aperture is very short. [3]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the Red Sea, off Mozambique; off Hawaii, the Society Islands, the Solomon Islands and Tuamotus.
References
edit- ^ a b Vexillum leucozonias (Deshayes in Laborde, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ Tryon (1882), Manual of Conchology IV
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published
External links
edit- Deshayes, G. P. (1833). [Coquilles de la Mer Rouge in L. de Laborde, Voyage de l'Arabie Pétrée par Léon de Laborde et Linant. Giard, Paris. 87 pp, 69 pl., 2 maps. ]
- Cate, J.M. (1963). Revision of Dall's Hawaiian mitrids with descriptions of three new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). The Veliger. 6(1): 23-43, pls 5-8
- 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.
- Trondle, Jean, and Rudo Von Cosel. "Invenaire bibliographique des mollusques marins de L'archipel Des Marquises (Polynesie Francaise)." Atoll Research Bulletin (2005).
- Kabat, Alan R., and C. V. Coan. "The Red Sea Mollusca described by Deshayes in Laborde’s Voyage de l’Arabie Pétrée (1830–1834)." The Nautilus 133.2 (2019): 31-39.
- Salvat, Bernard, and Jean Tröndlé. "Biogéographie des mollusques marins de Polynésie française." Revue d'Ecologie, Terre et Vie 72.3 (2017): 215-257.
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