Vexillum fortiplicatum explained

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

Description

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

The shell is light chestnut, base and apex whitish. ^[1]

The fusiform shell is attenuated at both ends. It is longitudinally strongly plicately ribbed with the interstices grooved transversely. The spire is granulose. The base is slightly recurved and granosely ribbed transversely. The outer lip is lirate within. The columella is three-plaited, with a callosity at the top. The plaits are prominent and large. The shell is yellowish-chestnut, the lower half of the body whorl and the apex are white. ^[2]

Distribution

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

External links

• Pease W.H. (1868 ["1867"]). Descriptions of marine Gasteropodæ, inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology. 3(3): 211–222
• Hervier, J. (1897). Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 45(1): 47-69
• Cate, J.M. (1963). Revision of Dall's Hawaiian mitrids with descriptions of three new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). The Veliger. 6(1): 23-43, pls 5-8.
• Gastropods.com: Vexillum (Costellaria) fortiplicatum

Notes and References

1. http://ia600506.us.archive.org/8/items/manualconch04tryorich/manualconch04tryorich.pdf Tryon (1882), Manual of Conchology IV
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6658840 Pease W.H. (1868 ["1867"]). Descriptions of marine Gasteropodæ, inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology. 3(3): 211-222