Vexillum croceum, common name the yellow mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
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| Image of Vexillum croceum (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. croceum
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| Vexillum croceum (Reeve, 1845)
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains 12.8 mm.
(Original description) The shell is ovate. The sutures of the spire are impressed. The whorls are flatly angulated at the upper part, longitudinally closely ribbed and transversely grooved towards the base. The shell is pale yellow, the interior of the aperture is stained with orange. The columella is four-plaited.[2]
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off the Marshall islands.
References edit
- ^ Vexillum croceum (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.