Vexillum percnodictya is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.MolluscaBase (2018). Vexillum percnodictya (Melvill, 1888). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591515 on 2018-12-31
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.Melvill, J. C. (1888). Descriptions of fifteen new species of Mitra. Journal of Conchology. 5(9): 281-288
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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