Vexillum leucozonias explained

Vexillum leucozonias 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 mm.

The shell is ashy gray, with an interrupted white band at the shoulder, and white-tinged at the base. ^[1]

(Described as Mitra cineracea) The whorls are angular, and the ribs at the angle have each a little white spot. These spots run into each other, forming a continuous band. The shell is otherwise gray, or brown. The aperture is very short. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, off Mozambique; off Hawaii, the Society Islands, the Solomon Islands and Tuamotus.

External links

• Deshayes, G. P. (1833). [Coquilles de la Mer Rouge] in L. de Laborde, Voyage de l'Arabie Pétrée par Léon de Laborde et Linant. Giard, Paris. 87 pp, 69 pl., 2 maps. ]
• 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
• 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.
• Trondle, Jean, and Rudo Von Cosel. "Invenaire bibliographique des mollusques marins de L'archipel Des Marquises (Polynesie Francaise)." Atoll Research Bulletin (2005).
• Kabat, Alan R., and C. V. Coan. "The Red Sea Mollusca described by Deshayes in Laborde’s Voyage de l’Arabie Pétrée (1830–1834)." The Nautilus 133.2 (2019): 31-39.
• Salvat, Bernard, and Jean Tröndlé. "Biogéographie des mollusques marins de Polynésie française." Revue d'Ecologie, Terre et Vie 72.3 (2017): 215-257.

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/15936976 Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published