Vexillum salmoneum explained

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

Description

(Original description) The shell is fusiform. It is yellowish, clouded with a salmon tint. The spire is acuminated. The whorls are rather convex, closely ribbed. The body whorl is angular above, armed with oblique interstriated ribs and with tubercles at the angle, anteriorly attenuated, acuminated. The aperture is striated within.^[2]

References

• Turner, H., Gori S. & Salisbury, R., 2007. Costellariidae (Gastropoda) of the Maldive Islands, with description of nine new species.
• Herrmann, M. (2019). A new sister species of Vexillum cookorum (Turner, Gori & Salisbury, 2007) (Gastropoda: Costellariidae) from the Philippines. Acta Conchyliorum. 18: 95–101.

External links

• Biolib.cz= image

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Vexillum salmoneum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874). Accessed at: http://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1392945 on 2023-05-06
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