Vexillum filistriatum

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

Vexillum filistriatum
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. filistriatum
Binomial name
Vexillum filistriatum
(Sowerby II & Sowerby III, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Mitra filistriata G. B. Sowerby II, 1874 (original combination)
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) filistriatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 14 mm and 19 mm.

(Original description) The narrow shell is pyramidal, finely decussated and fulvous. It is ornamented at the lower part of the whorl with pale brown flames, encircled with a spiral impressed line near the suture. The spire is attenuated. The body whorl is short and elegantly fusiform. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Mauritius, the Philippines, Polynesia and Hawaii.

References
  1. Vexillum filistriatum (Sowerby II & Sowerby III, 1874). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  2. Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published
  • Marrow M.P. (2019). Seven new species of Vexillum (Gastropoda: Costellariidae) from Western Australia. Acta Conchyliorum. 19: 77-94.


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