Vexillum dennisoni, common name : the Dennison's mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
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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. dennisoni
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| Vexillum dennisoni (Reeve, 1844)
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Description
editThe shell length of the Vexillum dennisoni varies between 40 mm and 66 mm
(Original description) The shell is fusiform. The spire is attenuately acuminated. The whorls are somewhat concentrically ribbed, transversely grooved. The grooves are narrow, more or less obsolete upon the ribs. The shell is reddish orange, encircled with a single white zone, peculiarly stained with blueish olive between the ribs. The columella is four-plaited. [2]
Distribution
editThis species occurs in the seas along India and the Philippines.
References
edit- ^ Vexillum (Vexillum) dennisoni (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 December 2010.
- ^ 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.
- Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1–100 page(s): 28
External links
edit- "Vexillum (Vexillum) dennisoni". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 8 December 2010.
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