Vexillum obtusispinosum
Vexillum obtusispinosum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
| Vexillum obtusispinosum | |
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| Shell of Vexillum obtusispinosum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. obtusispinosum |
| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum obtusispinosum (G.B. Sowerby II, 1874) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mitra obtusispinosa G. B. Sowerby II, 1874 · | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 29.3 mm.
(Original description) The subfusiform shell is yellowish, clouded with salmon and red. It is armed with rather distant ribs, bluntly spinose at the angle, with two tubercles in the middle, and spiral striae. The spire is turreted. The body whorl is ventricose to the middle, contracted anteriorly. [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Guam.
References
- MolluscaBase (2018). Vexillum obtusispinosum (Sowerby, 1874). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591513 on 2018-12-31
- 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
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