Vexillum semicostatum (Anton 1838)

Vexillum semicostatum, common name the half-ribbed mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 10 mm and 22 mm

The shell is ovate. The whorls of the spire are obtusely plicately ribbed. The body whorl is smooth. The shell is chestnut-brown, the spire partially white. The columella is four-plaited. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin, Madagascar and in the Pacific Ocean off Queensland, Australia and Papua New Guinea.

References

• Anton, H.E. 1838. Verzeichniss der Conchylien welche sich in der Sammlung von Hermann Eduard Anton befinden. Halle : Eduard Anton xvi + 110 pp.
• Schepman, M.M. 1911. The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part 4: Rhachiglossa. pp. 247-364, pls 18-24 in Weber, M. (ed.). Siboga Expeditie. Monograph 49.
• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [
• Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
• Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
• Salisbury, R. 2000. Costellariidae of the World, Pt. 4. Of Sea and Shore 23(2): 70-84
• Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1–100-page(s): 59
• Wils, E. & Verbinnen, G. 2002. Red Sea Mollusca: Part 12. Class Gastropoda; Family: Costellariidae. Gloria Maris 41(1-2): 29-37

Vexillum (Pusia) semicostatum is een slakkensoort uit de familie van de Costellariidae.^[1] De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1838 door Anton.