Vexillum taylorianum

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

Vexillum taylorianum
Shell of Vexillum taylorianum (specimen at Redpath Museum - McGill University - Montreal, Canada)
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. taylorianum
Binomial name
Vexillum taylorianum
(Sowerby II & Sowerby III, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Mitra tayloriana G. B. Sowerby II, 1874 (original combination)
  • Vexillum (Vexillum) taylorianum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874)

Description

(original description) The mitre-shaped shell is spirally striated. The ribs are close. The whorls are rather convex. The body whorl is rib-banded with orange and brown. In a variety there are red lines between the bands. In the shape of the whorls it resembles Vexillum taeniatum (Lamarck, 1811), but the characters of the ribs and colouring prevent its association with that species. [2]

Distribution

References
  1. Vexillum taylorianum (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


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