Vexillum plicarium, common name : the Plaited Mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
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| Shell of Vexillum plicarium | |
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. plicarium
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| Vexillum plicarium (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Description edit
The shell size varies between 30 mm and 66 mm.
The shape is broadly fusiform with a high spire and a purple apex. The shell contains eight whorls. The suture is adpressed. The shell is concave from the suture to the sharp shoulder. The shell shows various strong, nodulose spiral ribs (about ten on the body whorl) with fine axial striae and spiral cords. The white columella has four plaits. This shell is usually white with black or dark brown spiral bands, but the basic color may also be cream or orange. The interior is white.
Distribution edit
This species occurs in the east Indian Ocean; in the Andaman Sea and in the south-west Pacific Ocean off Samoa and the Philippines.
References edit
- ^ a b Vexillum (Vexillum) plicarium (Linne, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 December 2010.
- Abrard (R.), 1947 - Fossiles néogènes et quaternaires des Nouvelles-Hébrides (Missions E. Aubert de la Rüe, 1934–1936). Annales de Paléontologie, t. 32, p. 3-113
- Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 51
- Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218
External links edit
- Cernohorsky, Walter Oliver. The Mitridae of Fiji; The veliger vol. 8 (1965)
- Naturalis: Mitra (Turricula) plicaria
- "Vexillum (Vexillum) plicarium". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- WoRMS
- Biosearch