Vexillum costatum

Vexillum costatum

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. costatum
Binomial name
*Vexillum costatum* (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms
Costellaria ignea W. Wood, 1828 Costellaria isaotakii J.T. Kuroda, 1961 Costellaria lanceolata (R.P.J. Hervier, 1897) Costellaria rosea (L.A. Reeve, 1845) Costellaria subulata J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1811 Costellaria terebralis W.J. Broderip, 1836 Costellaria vitellina (A.A. Gould, 1850à Mitra vitellina Gould, A.A. 1850 Mitra (Costellaria) lanceolata Hervier, J. 1897 Mitra rosea Reeve, L.A. 1845 Mitra subulata Lamarck, 1811 Tiara terebralis Broderip, 1836 Vexillum (Costellaria) costatum (Gmelin, 1791) Voluta costata Gmelin, 1791 Voluta ignea Wood, W. 1828

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

The length of the shell varies between 21 mm and 49 mm.

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↑ Vexillum costatum (Gmelin, 1791). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

Lamarck, J.P.B.A de M. 1811. Suite de la détermination des espèces de mollusques testacés, Mitre (Mitra). Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris 17: 54-80, 195-222
Wood, W. 1828. Index Testaceologicus; or A Catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign, arranged according to the Linnean system. London : Taylor Supplement, pp. 1-59, pls 1-8.
Broderip, W.J. 1836. Characters of new genera and species of Mollusca and Conchifera collected by Mr. Cuming. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1835: 192-197
Reeve, L.A. 1845. Monograph of the genus Mitra. pls 28-39 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 2.
Gould, A.A. 1850. Shells collected by the United States Exploring Expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 3: 169-172
Hervier, J. 1897. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de Mollusques provenant de l'Archipel de la Nouvelle Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie 45: 47-69, pls 2-3
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. Systematics of the families Mitridae & Volutomitridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 8: 1-190
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1981. Revision of J. Hervier's type-specimens of Mitracea (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Loyalty Islands. Bulletin du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. Section A, Zoologie, biologie et écologie animale [Paris, published 1979-1996] 1 3: 93-109
Turner, H. 1989. Ungewöhnliche und neue Mitroidea aus dem Indopazifik. Teil 1. Club Conchylia Informationen 21(5/6): 30-62
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
Salisbury, R.A. 1999. Costellariidae of the World, Pt. 1. Of Sea and Shore 22(3): 124-136
Arnaud, J.P., Berthault, C., Jeanpierre, R., Martin, J.C. & Martin, P. 2002. Costellariidae et Mitridae de Nouvelle Calédonie. Xenophora. Association française de conchyliologie. Supplément 100: 52 pp.

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