Vexillum rusticum, common name the rustic mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
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| Shell of Vexillum rusticum (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. rusticum
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| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum rusticum (Reeve, 1845)
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 21.4 mm.
(original description) The shell is oblong-ovate with the spire turreted.The whorls are angulated at the upper part, longitudinally ribbed, with the ribs rather distant. There are prickly tubercles on the angle, transversely punctured. The shell is whitish, the lower part of the shell ash-colour. The columella is four-plaited.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off French Polynesia and Papua New Guinea
References
edit- ^ Vexillum rusticum (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.
- Turner, H. , Gori S. & Salisbury, R., 2007. Costellariidae (Gastropoda) of the Maldive Islands, with description of nine new species.
- Turner H. (2001) Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald 1860 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Muricoidea). Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 100 pp.
- Tröndlé, J. and M. Boutet 2009 Inventory of marine molluscs of French Polynesia. Atoll Research Bulletin 570:1-90.