View source for Biology:Vexillum zelotypum

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Vexillum zelotypum 001.jpg
| image_caption = Original image of a shell of ''Vexillum zelotypum'' 
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| taxon = Vexillum zelotypum
| extinct = 
| authority = (Reeve, 1845)
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="WoRMS" />
| synonyms = 
* ''Mitra zelotypa'' <small>Reeve, 1845</small>
* ''Vexillum'' (''Costellaria'') ''zelotypum'' <small>(Reeve, 1845)</small>
}}

'''''Vexillum zelotypum''''', common name the '''jealous mitre''', is a [[Biology:Species|species]] of [[Biology:Sea snail|sea snail]], a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family [[Biology:Costellariidae|Costellariidae]], the ribbed miters.<ref name="WoRMS">MolluscaBase (2018). ''Vexillum zelotypum'' (Reeve, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=751926 on 2018-12-31</ref><ref>Turner H. (2001) Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald 1860 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Muricoidea). Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 100 pp.</ref>

==Description==
The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

(Original description) The shell is ovate. The whorls are rounded at the upper part, longitudinally ribbed, transversely strongly cancellately ridged. They are banded throughout with yellow and white. The [[Biology:Columella (gastropod)|columella]] is four-plaited. The interior of the [[Biology:Aperture (mollusc)|aperture]] is pale violet. <ref>[https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8937231 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.]</ref>

==Distribution==
This marine species occurs off Samoa.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://conchology.be/?t=2204&CODsp=5346000195&Genus=Vexillum&species=zelotypum&variety= WMSDB: image]

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[[Category:Vexillum|zelotypum]]

{{Sourceattribution|Vexillum zelotypum}}