Vexillum delicatum

Vexillum delicatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. delicatum
Binomial name
	Vexillum delicatum; (A. Adams, 1853)
Synonyms
	Mitra delicata A. Adams, 1853 (original combination); Vexillum (Costellaria) delicatum (A. Adams, 1853);

Vexillum delicatum 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 25 mm.

(Original description) The shell has an ovate-fusiform shape. The aperture is longer. The whorls are flat. The sutures are lightly impressed. The shell is dirty white, with two pale transverse bands. The longitudinal ribs show narrow, sharp, crenulated folds. They are transversely clathrate at the interstices, narrowed and anteriorly recurved at the body whorl. The columella is four-plaited. The outer lip shows a sharp, crenulated edge.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, in the South China Sea, off Japan, Fiji and Australia (Queensland)

References

Salisbury, R.A. 1999. Costellariidae of the World, Pt. 1. Of Sea and Shore 22(3): 124-136
Turner, H. & Callomon, P. 2001. New records of mitriform gastropods from Japan with description of Vexillum (Pusia) charlesi n. sp. (Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Costellariidae). Venus 1-2 60: 7-14

[WoRMS-1] Vexillum delicatum (A. Adams, 1853). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

[2] Adams, A. (1853). Description of fifty-two new species of the genus Mitra, from the Cumingian collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1851) 19: 132-141

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