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Vexillum salmoneum

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Vexillum salmoneum
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. salmoneum
Binomial name
Vexillum salmoneum
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1874)
Synonyms

Mitra salmonea G. B. Sowerby II, 1874 ·

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

Description

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(Original description) The shell is fusiform. It is yellowish, clouded with a salmon tint. The spire is acuminated. The whorls are rather convex, closely ribbed. The body whorl is angular above, armed with oblique interstriated ribs and with tubercles at the angle, anteriorly attenuated, acuminated. The aperture is striated within.[2]

Distribution

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References

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  • Turner, H. , Gori S. & Salisbury, R., 2007. Costellariidae (Gastropoda) of the Maldive Islands, with description of nine new species.
  • Herrmann, M. (2019). A new sister species of Vexillum cookorum (Turner, Gori & Salisbury, 2007) (Gastropoda: Costellariidae) from the Philippines. Acta Conchyliorum. 18: 95–101.
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