Eucithara vexillum

Eucithara vexillum is a small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Mangeliidae.^[1]

Eucithara vexillum
Shell of Eucithara vexillum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Mangeliidae
Genus:	Eucithara
Species:	E. vexillum
Binomial name
Eucithara vexillum (Reeve, 1846)
Synonyms[1]
Cithara vexillum Hidalgo, 1904 Mangelia vexillum Reeve, 1846 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm.

The whorls are nodulous at the shoulder, with ribs descending from the nodules. The entire surface of the shell is decussately striated, as if very finely granulated. The color of the shell is orange-yellow, with a number of narrow whitish bands.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Central Pacific off Fiji. and Queensland (Australia).