Vexillum stainforthii, common name Stainforth's mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, scientifically known as the ribbed miters.[1]
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| Shell of Vexillum stainforthii (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. stainforthii
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| Vexillum stainforthii (Reeve, 1842)
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 49.3 mm.
(Original description) The narrow shell is somewhat cylindrically fusiform ith a high spire and a purple-brown apex. The eight whorls are transversely striated and longitudinally ribbed. The strong, axial ribs are rather broad, convex, somewhat distant (about ten on the body whorl). They are crossed by fine, closely set, spiral grooves. The outer lip is slightly concave. The extended siphonal canal is slightly recurved and purple-brown at its end. The shell is whitish, the base and apex are ashy blue, the ribs painted with square bright red spots. The columella is four-plaited and is brown anteriorly. [2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific: the Philippines, the South China Sea, Okinawa, Japan; also off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)
References
edit- ^ Vexillum stainforthii (Reeve, 1842). 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.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Habe, T. 1964. Shells of the western Pacific in color. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 233 pp., 66 pls.
- 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
- Rosenberg, G. 1992. Encyclopedia of Seashells. Dorset: New York. 224 pp.
- Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
- Salisbury, R. 2000. Costellariidae of the World, Pt. 4. Of Sea and Shore 23(2): 70-84
- Thach, N.N. 2002. The miters of Vietnam. Of Sea and Shore 25(1): 40-51
External links
edit- Ladd, H.S. (1977). Cenozoic fossil mollusks from western Pacific islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae). U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper. 533: i–iv, 1–84, pls 1–23 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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