Vexillum percnodictya

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

Vexillum percnodictya
Drawing of a shell of Vexillum percnodictya (holotype)
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. percnodictya
Binomial name
Vexillum percnodictya
(Melvill, 1888)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra cerithina Melvill, 1888
  • Mitra percnodictya Melvill, 1888
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) percnodictyum (Melvill, 1888)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 21.5 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

(Original description) The narrow, dusky-brown shell is fusiform and turreted. It is many ribbed with smooth ribs. The interstices are deeply cancellated. The columella is three-plaited.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Madagascar, Andaman Islands and Australia

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase (2018). Vexillum percnodictya (Melvill, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591515 on 2018-12-31
  2. ^ Melvill, J. C. (1888). Descriptions of fifteen new species of Mitra. Journal of Conchology. 5(9): 281-288   This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Clessin, Stephan, Menke, Karl Theodor, Pfeiffer, Louis (Ludwig Georg Karl), Malakozoologische Blätter, Volume: new ser.:Bd.9-11 (1887-1891)
  • Wells, Fred E., Jr. Distribution of shallow-water marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks along the coastline of Western-Australia; The veliger vol. 22, 1980
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