Vexillum pisolinum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

Vexillum pisolinum
Shell of Vexillum pisolinum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. pisolinum
Binomial name
Vexillum pisolinum
(Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra cremans Reeve, 1845
  • Mitra pisolina Lamarck, 1811 (original combination)
  • Pusia pisolinum (J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1811)
  • Pusia timorensis W.L.H. Dohrn, 1864
  • Vexillum (Pusia) pisolinum (Lamarck, 1811)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 13 mm.

(Described as Mitra cremans) The stoutly ovate shell has a short spire. The sutures are slightly impressed. The shell is smooth, granose towards the base, longitudinally rather obliquely plaited. It is very dark black, variegated here and there with reddish orange names. The columella is three-plaited. [2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Western Pacific; also off the Philippines and Australia (Queensland).

References

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  • Lamarck, J.P.B.A de M. 1811. Suite de la détermination des espèces de mollusques testacés, Mitre (Mitra). Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 17: 54-80
  • 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
  • Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. Coquillages de Polynésie. Tahiti : Papéete Les editions du pacifique, 391 pp.
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
  • Salisbury, R.A. 1999. Costellariidae of the World, Pt. 1. Of Sea and Shore 22(3): 124-136
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