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Vexillum percnodictya

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 21.5 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

(Original description) The narrow, dusky-brown shell is fusiform and turreted. It is many ribbed with smooth ribs. The interstices are deeply cancellated. The columella is three-plaited.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar, Andaman Islands and Australia.

References

  • Clessin, Stephan, Menke, Karl Theodor, Pfeiffer, Louis (Ludwig Georg Karl), Malakozoologische Blätter, Volume: new ser.:Bd.9-11 (1887–1891)
  • Wells, Fred E. Jr. Distribution of shallow-water marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks along the coastline of Western-Australia; The veliger vol. 22, 1980

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