Vexillum fortiplicatum

Vexillum fortiplicatum
Shell of Vexillum fortiplicatum (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Subgenus:	Pusia
Species:	V. fortiplicatum
Binomial name
Vexillum fortiplicatum (Pease, 1868)
Synonyms
Mitra aubryana Hervier, 1897 Mitra (Pusia) aubryana Hervier, 1897 Turricula (Costellaria) fortiplicata Pease, 1868 (basionym) Turricula fortiplicata Pease, 1868 (original combination) Vexillum (Pusia) fortiplicatum (Pease, 1868) Vexillum kewaloensis J. Cate, 1963

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

Description[]

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 12 mm.

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Distribution[]

This marine species occurs off the Tuamotu Islands and off the Marianas Islands to New Caledonia, off the Hawaiian Islands.

References[]

External links[]

• Pease W.H. (1868 ["1867"]). Descriptions of marine Gasteropodæ, inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology. 3(3): 211–222
• Gastropods.com: Vexillum (Costellaria) fortiplicatum