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

Vexillum collinsoni
Shell of Vexillum collinsoni (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. collinsoni
Binomial name
Vexillum collinsoni
(A. Adams, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Costellaria collinsoni A. Adams, 1864 (original combination)
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) collinsoni (A. Adams, 1864)

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 16 mm.

The shell is whitish, stained with brown at the apex, obscurely banded with bluish ash a little below the top of the whorls, and spotted irregularly with brown in the same part, generally between the ribs. The lower half of the body whorl is cinereous brown. [2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Japan, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Hawaii; in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique.

References

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  • Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999) Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Elle Scientific Publications, Yao, Japan, 749 pp.
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