Vexillum sanguisuga

Vexillum sanguisuga
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. sanguisuga
Binomial name
	Vexillum sanguisuga; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Mitra (Callithea) stigmataria Lamarck, 1811; Mitra (Callithea) stigmataria var. immaculata Tapparone Canefri, 1878; Mitra (Turricula) sanguisuga (Linnaeus, 1758); Mitra (Turricula) sanguisuga var. albida Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923; Mitra (Turricula) sanguisuga var. caerulescens Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923; Mitra (Turricula) sanguisuga var. transposita Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923 ·; Mitra sanguisuga (Linnaeus, 1758); Mitra stigmataria Lamarck, 1811; Tiara (Callithea) stigmataria Swainson, 1840; Turricula sanguisuga (Linnaeus, 1758); Vexillum (Costellaria) sanguisuga (Linnaeus, 1758); Vexillum sanguisugum [sic] (misspelling); Voluta sanguisuga Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination);

Vexillum sanguisuga, common name the branded mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 39 mm.

The shell is cylindrically fusiform with a high spire. It contains six whorls. It is transversely impressly striated, longitudinally ribbed, with the many ribs obtusely granulated. The outer lip is slightly concave. The aperture is narrow. It is edged with purple-brown. The shell is blueish white or yellowish, the ribs are blood-red, the base and apex are brownish black. The brown columella is four-plaited.^[2]

The shell is yellowish white to ash color, the ribs tipped with scarlet, sometimes with one or more chocolate bands, base and apex chocolate.^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific: off the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Solomon Islands; also off Papua New Guinea and Australia (Queensland, Western Australia)

References

^ ^a ^b Vexillum sanguisuga (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
^ 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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Tryon (1882), Manual of Conchology IV This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Schepman, M.M. 1911. The Prosobranchia of the Siboga Expedition. Part 4: Rhachiglossa. pp. 247–364, pls 18-24 in Weber, M. (ed.). Siboga Expeditie. Monograph 49.
Oostingh, C.H. 1925. Report on a collection of recent shells from Obi and Halmahera, Molluccas. Mededeelingen van de Landbouwhoogeschool te Wageningen 29(1): 1–362
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
Salisbury, R. 2000. Costellariidae of the World, Pt. 4. Of Sea and Shore 23(2): 70-84
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.

External links

[WoRMS-1] Vexillum sanguisuga (Linnaeus, 1758). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.

[2] 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. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[3] Tryon (1882), Manual of Conchology IV This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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