Vexillum umbrosum

Vexillum umbrosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. umbrosum
Binomial name
	Vexillum umbrosum; (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874)
Synonyms
	Mitra umbrosa G. B. Sowerby II, 1874

Last updated October 10, 2025

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

Description

The colouring of the shell is dark rich burnt brown. The ribs more defined than in Voluta vulpeculaLinnaeus, 1758, raised into tubercles at the angle of the whorls.^[2]

References

1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Vexillum umbrosum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881434 on 2018-12-31
↑ Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 MolluscaBase (2018). Vexillum umbrosum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=881434 on 2018-12-31

[2] Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published

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