Vexillum plicarium

Vexillum plicarium, common name : the Plaited Mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Vexillum plicarium
Shell of Vexillum plicarium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. plicarium
Binomial name
Vexillum plicarium (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Mitra denticulata Dall, W.H., 1905 Mitra discors Küster, 1840 Mitra lividum Röding, P.F., 1798 Mitra plicata Reeve, L.A., 1844 Mitra pullata Reeve, L.A., 1844 † Mitra (Turricula) plicaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Mitra umbrosa Sowerby, G.B. II & III, 1874 † Turricula plicaria (Linnaeus, 1758) Vexillum berthae Sowerby, G.B. II, 1879 Vexillum plicatum Röding, 1798 Vexillum pullatum (Reeve, 1844) Vexillum (Vexillum) plicarium (Linnaeus, 1758) Voluta plicaria Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)

Plaited Mitre (Vexillum plicarium)

Description

The shell size varies between 30 mm and 66 mm.

The shape is broadly fusiform with a high spire and a purple apex. The shell contains eight whorls. The suture is adpressed. The shell is concave from the suture to the sharp shoulder. The shell shows various strong, nodulose spiral ribs (about ten on the body whorl) with fine axial striae and spiral cords. The white columella has four plaits. This shell is usually white with black or dark brown spiral bands, but the basic color may also be cream or orange. The interior is white.

Distribution

This species occurs in the east Indian Ocean; in the Andaman Sea and in the south-west Pacific Ocean off Samoa and the Philippines.

Fossils were found in Pliocene strata in Vanuatu.

References

• Abrard (R.), 1947 - Fossiles néogènes et quaternaires des Nouvelles-Hébrides (Missions E. Aubert de la Rüe, 1934–1936). Annales de Paléontologie, t. 32, p. 3-113
• Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 51
• Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218

External links

• Cernohorsky, Walter Oliver. The Mitridae of Fiji; The veliger vol. 8 (1965)
• Naturalis: Mitra (Turricula) plicaria
• "Vexillum (Vexillum) plicarium". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• WoRMS
• Biosearch