Nodicostellaria laterculata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.MolluscaBase (2018). Nodicostellaria laterculata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=957078 on 2018-12-31
Description The fusiform shell is cancellated. The spire is as long as the aperture. The whorls are angular. The body whorl is acuminated anteriorly, ornamented in the middle with a broad band bordered at each edge with tile-like spots. The aperture is ridged within.Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published
Distribution This marine species occurs off Guadeloupe.
References
Melvill, J. C. (1925). Description of nine new species of Mitridae. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 16(5): 215-219, pl. 10.
External links Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Dgebuadze P. & Bouchet P. (2017). Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179(3): 541-626.