Vexillum curviliratum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. curviliratum
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| Vexillum curviliratum (Sowerby II & Sowerby III, 1874)
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Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 37 mm and 54 mm.
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Distribution edit
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)
References edit
- ^ a b Vexillum curviliratum (Sowerby II & Sowerby III, 1874). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
External links edit
- 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
- Adams, A. (1853). Description of fifty-two new species of the genus Mitra, from the Cumingian collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1851) 19: 132-141