Vexillum filistriatum

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Vexillum filistriatum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. filistriatum
Binomial name
Vexillum filistriatum
(Sowerby II & Sowerby III, 1874)
Synonyms
  • Mitra filistriataG. B. Sowerby II, 1874 (original combination)
  • Vexillum (Costellaria) filistriatum(G. B. Sowerby II, 1874)

Vexillum filistriatum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 14 mm and 19 mm.

(Original description) The narrow shell is pyramidal, finely decussated and fulvous. It is ornamented at the lower part of the whorl with pale brown flames, encircled with a spiral impressed line near the suture. The spire is attenuated. The body whorl is short and elegantly fusiform. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Mauritius, the Philippines, Polynesia and Hawaii.

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