Vexillum articulatum explained

Vexillum articulatum, common name the articulated mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Description

The length of the shell attains 11.4 mm.

(Original description) The shell is shortly fusiform and somewhat ventricose. The whorls are smooth, longitudinally rather obsoletely plicated, slightly tubercled in the middle. The shell is pale pinkish scarlet, encircled with a small white brown-articulated zone. The columella is four-plaited. ^[1]

The shell is pale pinkish scarlet, encircled with a small white brown articulated zone. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana.

References

• Sarasúa H. (1978). Especies nuevas de Mitridae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda). Poeyana. 180 1-9.
• Sarasúa, H. (1985). Nuevo nombre para Pusia callipicta Sarasúa (Mollusca: Neogastropoda) y lista actualizida de las especies cubanas de la subfamilia Vexillinae. Miscelanea Zoologica. 27: 1-2.
• Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1–100 page(s): 18

External links

• E.F. Garcia- On Vexillum (Pusia) articulatum (Reeve, 1845) and V. (P.) trophonium (Dall, 1889); American conchologist : quarterly bulletin of the Conchologists of America, v. 39 (2011)

Notes and References

1. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8937231 Reeve, L. A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pl. 1-39 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London
2. http://ia600506.us.archive.org/8/items/manualconch04tryorich/manualconch04tryorich.pdf Tryon (1882), Manual of Conchology IV