Vexillum leucozonias

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

Vexillum leucozonias
Shell of Vexillum leucozonias (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. leucozonias
Binomial name
Vexillum leucozonias
(Deshayes in Laborde, 1834)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra batista J. Cate, 1963
  • Mitra cineracea Reeve, 1845
  • Mitra leucozonias Deshayes, 1833 (original combination)
  • Mitra moana J. M. Cate, 1963
  • Mitra (Costellaria) leucozonias (Deshayes, 1833)
  • Turricula cineracea (Reeve, 1845)
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) leucozonias (Deshayes, 1833)
  • Vexillum cinereum [sic]

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm.

The shell is ashy gray, with an interrupted white band at the shoulder, and white-tinged at the base. [2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, off Mozambique; off Hawaii, the Society Islands, the Solomon Islands and Tuamotus.

References

  1. Vexillum leucozonias (Deshayes in Laborde, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  2. Tryon (1882), Manual of Conchology IV Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.



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