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Vexillum catenatum
Shell of Vexillum catenatum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. catenatum
Binomial name
Vexillum catenatum (Broderip, 1836)
Synonyms
Mitra bibsae Nowell-Usticke, 1969 Mitra catenata var. pluricostata Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923 Mitra (Costellaria) catenata var. pluricostata Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923 Pusia bibsae (Nowell-Usticke, 1969) Pusia nodulita Sarasúa, 1978 Tiara catenata Broderip, 1836 Vexillum (Pusia) catenatum (Broderip, 1836) Vexillum (Pusia) nodulita (Sarasúa, 1978) Vexillum bibsae (Nowell-Usticke, 1969) Vexillum zythochroa (Melvill, 1888)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 10 mm.

The shell is white, with large irregular chestnut-brown spots, arranged in bands.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific, from Mauritius to Hawaii, Midway and Pitcairn Island; also off Australia.

References

1. ^ Vexillum catenatum (Broderip, 1836). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
2. Tryon (1882), Manual of Conchology IV

• Nowell-Usticke, G. W. 1969. A supplementary listing of new shells (illustrated). To be added to the Check List of the marine shells of St. Croix. Burlington, Vermont: Lane Press. 32 pp., 6 pls
• Sarasúa H. (1978). Especies nuevas de Mitridae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda). Poeyana. 180 1–9.
• Turner H. (2001) Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald 1860 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Muricoidea). Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 100 pp.

External links

• Broderip W.J. (1836 ["1835"]). Characters of new genera and species of the Mollusca and Conchifera, collected by Mr. Cuming [Shells of the genus Mitra, Lam., and one species of Conoelix, Swains., forming part of the collection of Mr. Cuming]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 3: 192-198
• Dautzenberg, P. & Bouge, L. J. (1923). Mitridés de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de ses dépendances. Journal de Conchyliologie. 67(2): 83-159
• Rosenberg, G.; Moretzsohn, F.; García, E. F. (2009). Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

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