| Vexillum macrospira | |
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| Drawing of a shell of Vexillum macrospira | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. macrospira |
| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum macrospira (A. Adams, 1853) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Vexillum macrospira is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. [1]
The length of the shell attains 33 mm.
A whitish, pyramidal-turreted species with a produced acuminate spire. It is ornated with irregular rows of chestnut spots. The whorls are slightly convex with longitudinal smooth ribs. The short aperture has a narrowed base. The outer lip is dilated anteriorly. The columella is five-plaited. [2]
The shell is whitish or yellowish, with rows of chestnut spots. [3]
This marine species occurs off India.
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