Vexillum militare 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. militare
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| Vexillum militare (Reeve, 1845)
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Description edit
The shell size varies between 5 mm and 20 mm. The shell is somewhat fusiform in shape, decreasing in size at its base. The spire tapers to a slender point, its sutures (parts dividing one whorl from another) are deep and ribbed lengthwise. The shell has interstices crosswise deeply lineated, crosswise and its ribs are blunt. The upper whorls are yellow, while the body whorl is encircled in crimson red. Its columella (central column) is four plaited.[2]
The shell shows a bright scarlet band on the lower part of the body whorl.[3]
Distribution edit
This species is distributed in the Western Pacific Ocean and the Philippines and Australia (Queensland).
References edit
- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2023). MolluscaBase. Vexillum militare (Reeve, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591511 on 2023-04-16
- ^ Reeve, Lovell; Brooks, Vincent; Reeve, Frederic; Sowerby, G. B.; Sowerby, G. B.; Taylor, John Edward; Reeve, Benham; Savill, Edwards and Co; Co, Spottiswoode & (1843). Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals. Vol. 2. London: Reeve, Brothers.
- ^ 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
- Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. Systematics of the families Mitridae & Volutomitridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 8: 1-190
- Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
- Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum 377 pp., 100 pls.
- Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
- Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 44
External links edit
- "Vexillum (Costellaria) militare". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- Reeve, L. A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pl. 1-39 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.
- Cate J.M. (1968). Five new species of Mitridae from the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The Veliger. 11(2): 85-89, pl. 11
- Cernohorsky, Walter Oliver. The Mitridae of Fiji; The veliger vol. 8 (1965)