Vexillum lotum, common name the washed mitre, are a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
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| Shell of Vexillum lotum (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. lotum
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| Vexillum lotum (Reeve, 1845)
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Description
edit(Original description) The shell is oblong-ovate. The sutures of the spire are impressed, transversely very finely impressly striated, longitudinally concentrically ribbed. The ribs are granose towards the base. The shell is pale reddish orange, variegated with greenish brown. The columella is three-plaited.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off the Philippines.
References
edit- ^ Vexillum lotum (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 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.
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