Vexillum venustulum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
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| Drawing of a shell of Vexillum venustulum (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. venustulum
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| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum venustulum (Reeve, 1844)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Mitra venustula Reeve, 1844 | |
Description
edit(Original description) The shell is ovate with an acuminated spire. The whorls are convex and longitudinally granosely ribbed . The shell is bright yellow, encircled with two or three narrow dark chesnut zones. The columella is four-plaited.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Vexillum venustulum (Reeve, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881432 on 2018-12-31
- ^ 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.
- Poppe, G. T.; Tagaro, S.; Salisbury, R. A. (2009). New species of Mitridae and Costellariidae from the Philippines. Visaya Supplement. 4: 1-86.