Vexillum suluense is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[2]
Description
The shell size varies between 5 mm and 30 mm
(Original description - described as Mitra rectilateralis ) The shell is turreted and acuminated. It is sculptured with straight longitudinal ribs and spiral striae. The body whorl is oblong, straight-sided above and below, banded with brown and white. The aperture is as long as the spire.
Distribution
This species occurs off the Andaman Islands and in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines, Fiji, the Solomons Islands, Papua New Guinea and Queensland, Australia.
References
- Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1889. Descriptions of fourteen new species of shells from China, Japan and the Andaman Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 56: 565-570, pl. 28
- Melvill, J.C. 1925. Descriptions of nine new species of Mitridae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 16: 215-219
- Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. Systematics of the families Mitridae & Volutomitridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 8: 1-190
- Salisbury, R. 2000. Costellariidae of the World, Pt. 4. Of Sea and Shore 23(2): 70-84
- Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
- Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1–100-page(s): 63
- Arnaud, J.P., Berthault, C., Jeanpierre, R., Martin, J.C. & Martin, P. 2002. Costellariidae et Mitridae de Nouvelle Calédonie. Xenophora. Association française de conchyliologie. Supplément 100: 52 pp.
- Thach, N.N. 2002. The miters of Vietnam. Of Sea and Shore 25(1): 40-51
