Vexillum accinctum

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

Vexillum accinctum
Drawing of a shell of Vexillum accinctum (holotype)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. accinctum
Binomial name
Vexillum accinctum (G. B. Sowerby III, 1907)
Synonyms[1]
Mitra (Pusia) accincta G. B. Sowerby III, 1907 Mitra accincta G. B. Sowerby III, 1907 Pusia accinctum (G.B. III Sowerby, 1907) Vexillum (Pusia) accinctum (G. B. Sowerby III, 1907)

Description

The length of the shell attains 16 mm.

This species belongs to the group of Vexillum luculentum (Reeve, 1845) ; in colour and banding it somewhat resembles Mitra montrouzieri Tapparone-Canefri, 1874) but it is of a narrower form and the ribs are much less numerous, rounded, smooth, and in some cases almost obsolete on the body whorl. The specimens present some variation in the disposition of the colour lines and bands, but the most characteristic specimens have, as in the type, two brown lines or narrow zones in the middle of the penultimate and towards the upper part of the body whorl, with a whitish zone between.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan, New Caledonia and Australia; also off Mozambique.