Vexillum superbiens is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
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| Drawing of a shell of Vexillum superbiens (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. superbiens
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| Vexillum superbiens (Melvill, 1895)
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The Australian Faunal Directory considers this species as a synonym of Vexillum vulpecula (Linnaeus, 1758)[2]
Description edit
The length of the shell attains 37 mm.
(Original description) A striking, solid, fusiform shell of a chalky-white colour. The shell contains nine whorls. It is neatly longitudinally costate, delicately transversely striate. The upper whorls are once, the last whorls twice banded concentrically. The ribs are, except on the dorsal surface of the body whorl, left white and uncoloured. The body whorl is bicingulate. The aperture is narrow and straight. The columella is thrice plaited. The siphonal canal is almost straight, and hardly recurved at the base.[3]
Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off the Philippines and West Australia.
References edit
- ^ Vexillum superbiens (Melvill, 1895). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ Australian Faunal Directory: Vexillum (Vexillum) vulpeculum (Linnaeus, 1758)
- ^ Melvill, J. C. (1895). Descriptions of new species of Pleurotoma, Mitra, and Latirus. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 1: 221-228, pl. 14