Vexillum leucodesma

Vexillum leucodesma is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Vexillum leucodesma
Vexillum (Pusia) leucodesma
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. leucodesma
Binomial name
Vexillum leucodesma (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
Mitra leucodesma Reeve, 1845 Vexillum (Pusia) leucodesma (Reeve, 1845) Vexillum leucodesmum (Reeve, 1845) (misspelling)

Description

The shell size varies between 11 mm and 20 mm

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indo-West Pacific and the Philippines; also off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).

References

• Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. Systematics of the families Mitridae & Volutomitridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 8: 1-190 [
• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
• Salisbury, R. 2000. Costellariidae of the World, Pt. 2. Of Sea and Shore 22(4): 221-235
• Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1–100 page(s): 40
• Arnaud, J.P., Berthault, C., Jeanpierre, R., Martin, J.C. & Martin, P. 2002. Costellariidae et Mitridae de Nouvelle Calédonie. Xenophora. Association française de conchyliologie. Supplément 100: 52 pp

External links

• "Vexillum (Pusia) leucodesmum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 6 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.