| Vexillum turben | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. turben |
| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum turben (Reeve, 1844) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Vexillum turben, common name the spinning-top mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters. [1]
The length of the shell attains 22.7 mm, its diameter 12 mm.
(Original description) The shell is oblong-ovate, attenuated at the base. The spire is obtusely rounded. The sutures are rather deep. The shell is longitudinally very closely plicately fine-ribbed. The ribs and interstices are transversely impressely striated. The shell is orange-yellow. The columella is five-plaited with the plaits prominent. The aperture is striated within. [2]
(Described as Vexillum turben kanak ) The shell is similar to Vexillum turben (Reeve, 1844) (Philippine Islands) in sculpture and the ochraceous-buff or buff-yellow color, but the spire is more shortly and a little concavely conic above, the penultimate whorl is slightly swollen. There are six plaits, the upper one strong and horizontal. Within the outer lip there is a small fold, more prominent than the others about the upper third. [3]
This marine species occurs in the Indo-west and central Pacific, off Mozambique, the Philippines and Hawaii.