Vexillum ligatum
| Vexillum ligatum | |
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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. ligatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum ligatum (A. Adams, 1853)
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Vexillum ligatum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
Description[edit]
The length of the shell varies between 13 mm and 25 mm.
The shell has an ovate-fusiform shape. The spire is longer than the aperture. The whorls are slightly convex. The shell is chestnut brown, outlined with a white strip through the middle of the whorls. The shell is covered with many longitudinal ribs, crossed by sublirate riblets. The columella is four-plaited. The simple outer lip has a sharp margin. [2]
Distribution[edit]
This marine species occurs off the Philippines and the Solomon Islands
References[edit]
- ^ Vexillum ligatum (A. Adams, 1853). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- ^ Adams, A. (1853). Description of fifty-two new species of the genus Mitra, from the Cumingian collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1851) 19: 132-141
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