Vexillum japonicum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
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| Drawing of a shell of Vexillum japonicum | |
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. japonicum
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| Vexillum japonicum A. Adams, 1864
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 44 mm. The turreted fusiform shell is dingy white, stained and mottled with rufous spots. The spire is longer than the aperture. The shell contains nine convex whorls. The decussation of the small longitudinal ribs and transverse lirae give this species a granular surface. The aperture is narrow.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Sea of Japan.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ a b c MolluscaBase (2018). Vexillum japonicum A. Adams, 1864. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=821710 on 2018-12-31
- ^ a b Adams, A. (1864). On the species of Mitridae found in the Seas of Japan. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Zoology. 7: 198-201
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Kira, T. (1962). Shells of the Western Pacific in Color. First edition. Hoikusha, Osaka, Japan, [vii], 224 pp., 72 pls
- Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
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