Vexillum percnodictya is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
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| Drawing of a shell of Vexillum percnodictya (holotype) | |
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. percnodictya
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| Vexillum percnodictya (Melvill, 1888)
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Description
editThe length of the shell attains 21.5 mm, its diameter 4 mm.
(Original description) The narrow, dusky-brown shell is fusiform and turreted. It is many ribbed with smooth ribs. The interstices are deeply cancellated. The columella is three-plaited.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Madagascar, Andaman Islands and Australia
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Vexillum percnodictya (Melvill, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591515 on 2018-12-31
- ^ Melvill, J. C. (1888). Descriptions of fifteen new species of Mitra. Journal of Conchology. 5(9): 281-288
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Clessin, Stephan, Menke, Karl Theodor, Pfeiffer, Louis (Ludwig Georg Karl), Malakozoologische Blätter, Volume: new ser.:Bd.9-11 (1887-1891)
- Wells, Fred E., Jr. Distribution of shallow-water marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks along the coastline of Western-Australia; The veliger vol. 22, 1980
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