Vexillum wandoense

Vexillum wandoense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. wandoense
Binomial name
Vexillum wandoense
(Holmes, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Mitra rushii Dall, 1887 junior subjective synonym
  • Mitra wandoense (Holmes, 1860) superseded combination
  • Uromitra wandoense (Holmes, 1860) superseded combination
  • † Vexillum (Uromitra) wandoensis (Holmes, 1860) superseded combination (improper ending to species name)
  • Volutomitra wandoensis Holmes, 1860 superseded combination

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

(Original description) The small shell is sub-fusiform and ventricose. The spire is much longer than the aperture. The whorls are flattened and impressed with numerous transverse dotted grooves which become obsolete below the sutures. The sutures are distinct. The aperture is ear-shaped and contracted posteriorly. The outer lip is thin, simple and arcuated. The columella has three oblique plaits. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Venezuela.

Fossils have been found in Post-Pleistocene strata of South Carolina, USA.

References

  1. ^ Vexillum wandoense (Holmes, 1859). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
  2. ^ Holmes, F. S. (1860). Post-Pleiocene fossils of South-Carolina. Russell & Jones, Charleston, SC, xii + v + 122 pp
  • Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas