Vexillum approximatum

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

Vexillum approximatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. approximatum
Binomial name
Vexillum approximatum (Pease, 1860)
Synonyms[1]
Mitra dimidiata Sowerby, 1870 Turricula approximata Pease, 1860 Vexillum (Pusia) approximatum (Pease, 1860) Vexillum xenum Pilsbry, 1920

Description

The ovate shell is turreted. The whorls are convexly angulated at the sutures, longitudinally ribbed and crossed by impressed striae. The interstices are punctured. The aperture is striated within. The columella is four-plaited. The color of the shell is white, banded and blotched irregularly with chestnut-brown. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Hawaii.

Fossils have been found in early Miocene strata on Enewetak Atoll, Marshall Islands.