Vexillum purpuratum, common name the purple-tinged mitre, 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 |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. purpuratum
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| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum purpuratum (Reeve, 1845)
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 7 mm.
(Original description) The ovate shell is attenuated at both ends. The spire is rather short and somewhat turreted. The whorls are flatly angulated at the sutures, longitudinally ribbed with numerous ribs, narrow and prominent. The interstices are impressly cancellated. The shell is brownish-purple, encircled with a narrow white zone. The columella is four-plaited. [2]
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Japan, Guam and Fiji Islands
References edit
- ^ Vexillum purpuratum (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 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.
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