Vexillum castum
A shell of Vexillum castum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. castum
Binomial name
Vexillum castum
(H. Adams, 1872)
Synonyms[1]
  • Mitra hastata G. B. Sowerby II, 1874
  • Pusia sagamiensis Kuroda & Habe, 1971
  • Turricula (Thala) casta H. Adams, 1872
  • Turricula casta H. Adams, 1872 (original combination)
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) albatum Cernohorsky, 1988
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) castum (H. Adams, 1872)
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) sagamiense (Kuroda & Habe, 1971)
  • Vexillum albatum Cernohorsky, 1988

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

Homonymy

Sowerby II, 1874 introduced the new replacement name Mitra hastata for Turricula casta H. Adams, 1872 non Voluta casta Gmelin, 1791, both of which he placed in Mitra, but Sowerby's name is preoccupied by M. hastata Karsten, 1849. Since the replacement name is no longer in use and the taxa are no longer considered congeneric (Gmelin's taxon is now called Scabricola casta), Adams' name should be used (ICZN Article 59.3).

Description

The length of the white shell attains 8.5 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea; in the Indo-west and Central Pacific: from the Persian Gulf to the Society Islands and Hawaii and the Kermadec Islands; also off Queensland (Australia).

References

  • Dautzenberg, P. & Bouge, L.J. 1923. Mitridés de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de ses dépendances. Journal de Conchyliologie 67(2): 179-259
  • Cotton, B.C. 1957. Family Mitridae. Royal Society of South Australia Malacological Section 12: 8 pp.
  • 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
  • Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
  • Cernohorsky W.O. (1988) The Mitridae, Costellariidae and Nassariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) recently dredged at Reunion Island, Indian Ocean, with descriptions of new species. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 25: 75-85.
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