Vexillum plicarium

Vexillum plicarium, common name : the Plaited Mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

Plaited Mitre (Vexillum plicarium)

Vexillum plicarium
Shell of Vexillum plicarium
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. plicarium
Binomial name
Vexillum plicarium
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra denticulata Dall, W.H., 1905
  • Mitra discors Küster, 1840
  • Mitra lividum Röding, P.F., 1798
  • Mitra plicata Reeve, L.A., 1844
  • Mitra pullata Reeve, L.A., 1844
  • Mitra umbrosa Sowerby, G.B. II & III, 1874
  • Vexillum berthae Sowerby, G.B. II, 1879
  • Vexillum plicatum Röding, 1798
  • Vexillum pullatum (Reeve, 1844)
  • Vexillum (Vexillum) plicarium (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Voluta plicaria Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)

Description

The shell size varies between 30 mm and 66 mm. This shell is usually white with black or dark brown spiral bands, but the basic color may also be cream or orange. The interior is white. The shape is fusiform, with various nodulose spiral ribs.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Andaman Sea and in the Pacific Ocean along Samoa and the Philippines.

References
  1. Vexillum (Vexillum) plicarium (Linne, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 December 2010.
  • Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 51
  • Petit R.E. (2009) George Brettingham Sowerby, I, II & III: their conchological publications and molluscan taxa. Zootaxa 2189: 1–218
  • Cernohorsky, Walter Oliver. The Mitridae of Fiji; The veliger vol. 8 (1965)
  • "Vexillum (Vexillum) plicarium". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • WoRMS
  • Biosearch
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