Vexillum subdivisum, common name : the Costate Mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
| Vexillum subdivisum | |
|---|---|
| |
| Vexillum subdivisum | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. subdivisum
|
| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum subdivisum (Gmelin, 1791)
| |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| |
Description edit
The shell size varies between 30 mm and 60 mm
The shell is dark chocolate, with a superior narrow white band, and occasionally an obscure, wider, lower one. [2]
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (May 2023) |
Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific: in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius and in the Pacific Ocean off the Solomon Islands, off the Philippines and Java; in the South China Sea; off Australia (Queensland), Papua New Guinea and Okinawa.[citation needed]
References edit
- ^ a b Vexillum (Vexillum) subdivisum (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 December 2010.
- ^ Tryon (1882), Manual of Conchology IV
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Schepman, M.M. 1911. The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part 4: Rhachiglossa. pp. 247-364, pls 18-24 in Weber, M. (ed.). Siboga Expeditie. Monograph 49.
- Peile, A.J. 1922. Some notes on radulae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 15: 13-18, figs 1-8
- Cotton, B.C. 1957. Family Mitridae. Royal Society of South Australia Malacological Section 12: 8 pp.
- 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
- Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 pp.
- Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum 377 pp., 100 pls.
- Michel, C. (1988). Marine molluscs of Mauritius. Editions de l'Ocean Indien. Stanley, Rose Hill. Mauritius
- Turner, H. 1989. Ungewöhnliche und neue Mitroidea aus dem Indopazifik. Teil 1. Club Conchylia Informationen 21(5/6): 30-62
- Salisbury, R. 2000. Costellariidae of the World, Pt. 4. Of Sea and Shore 23(2): 70-84
- Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1–100-page(s): 62
- Arnaud, J.P., Berthault, C., Jeanpierre, R., Martin, J.C. & Martin, P. 2002. Costellariidae et Mitridae de Nouvelle Calédonie. Xenophora. Association française de conchyliologie. Supplément 100: 52 pp.
- Thach, N.N. 2002. The miters of Vietnam. Of Sea and Shore 25(1): 40-51
External links edit
- Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Vermes. In: Gmelin J.F. (Ed.) Caroli a Linnaei Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Ed. 13. Tome 1(6). G.E. Beer, Lipsiae
- Lamarck (J.B.M.de). (1811). Suite de la détermination des espèces de Mollusques testacés. Mitre (Mitra.). Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 17: 195-222
- Ch. Hedley, Mollusca from the Hope Islands, north Queensland; Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales; vol. 34, 1909
- "Vexillum (Vexillum) subdivisum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 7 December 2010.
- Cernohorsky, Walter Oliver. The Mitridae of Fiji; The veliger vol. 8 (1965)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vexillum subdivisum.