Vexillum clathratum

Vexillum clathratum
	Drawing of a shell of Vexillum clathratum (holotype)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. clathratum
Binomial name
	Vexillum clathratum; (Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms
	Mitra clathrata Reeve, 1844; Vexillum (Costellaria) clathratum (Reeve, 1844);

Vexillum clathratum, common name the latticed mitre, is a

mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 35 mm.

(Original description) The shell is rather elongated. The spire is turreted, acuminately produced. The whorls are depressly angulated at the upper part, longitudinally ribbed, strongly latticed with close-set, raised, transverse ridges. The shell is white. The whorls are encircled round the middle with a single light brown band. The columella is slightly umbilicated and four-plaited. The aperture is rather short. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines; in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius.

References

^ ^a ^b MolluscaBase (2018). Vexillum clathratum (Reeve, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599795 on 2018-12-31
^ 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.

External links

Liénard, Élizé. Catalogue de la faune malacologique de l'île Maurice et de ses dépendances comprenant les îles Seychelles, le groupe de Chagos composé de Diego-Garcia, Six-îles, Pèros-Banhos, Salomon, etc., l'île Rodrigues, l'île de Cargados ou Saint-Brandon. J. Tremblay, 1877.

[WoRMS-1] MolluscaBase (2018). Vexillum clathratum (Reeve, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=599795 on 2018-12-31

[2] 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.

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