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Vexillum curviliratum

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Vexillum curviliratum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. curviliratum
Binomial name
Vexillum curviliratum
(Sowerby II & Sowerby III, 1874)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra adornata Tomlin, 1920
  • Mitra ornata A. Adams, 1853 (invalid: junior secondary homonym of Voluta ornata Link, 1807; Mitra adornata is a replacement name)
  • Vexillum (Vexillum) curviliratum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874)

Vexillum curviliratum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 37 mm and 54 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Philippines, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Taiwan, in the South China Sea; also off Papua New Guinea and Australia (Queensland)

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