Vexillum melongena
Vexillum melongena is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
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| Vexillum melongena (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. melongena |
| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum melongena (Lamarck, 1811) | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 58 mm.
The color of the shell is chocolate or ash and white, in revolving bands and lines of variable thickness. [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines, the South China Sea, Papua New Guinea and Australia.
References
- Vexillum melongena (Lamarck, 1811). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Tryon (1882), Manual of Conchology IV
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External links
- 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
- Cernohorsky, Walter Oliver. The Mitridae of Fiji; The veliger vol. 8 (1965)
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