Vexillum longispira is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
| Vexillum longispira | |
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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. longispira
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| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum longispira (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mitra longispira G. B. Sowerby II, 1874 | |
The Australian Faunal Directory considers Mitra longispira a synonym of Vexillum (Costellaria) radius (Reeve, 1845)[2]
Description
editThe thin shell is slender. It is fawn-coloured, encircled with a white band in the middle of the whorls. The shell is sculptured with angular, elegantly curved ribs and spiral striae. The turreted spire is attenuated with numerous whorls. The body whorl is attenuated in front.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Vexillum longispira (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881423 on 2018-12-31
- ^ Australian Faunal Directory: Vexillum (Costellaria) radius
- ^ Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published