Vexillum diaconalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
| Vexillum diaconalis | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Vexillum diaconalis (holotype) | |
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. diaconalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum diaconalis (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
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| Synonyms | |
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Mitra (Costellaria) diaconalis Melvill & Standen, 1903 | |
Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 13 mm and 17 mm.
This small, fusiform species contains 12 whorls. It is allied to Vexillum scitulum (A. Adams, 1853), which, however, possesses the whorls more scalate and with darker maculations and shading. It is, moreover, a smaller species.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Persian Gulf and in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique.
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase (2018). Vexillum diaconalis (Melvill & Standen, 1903). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591501 on 2018-12-31
- ^ Melvill & Standen (1903), Descriptions of 68 new gastropoda from the Red Sea, the Gulf of Oman and the Northern Arabian Sea; The Annals and magazine of natural history 7th ser. v. 12 (1903)