Vexillum articulatum

Vexillum articulatum, common name the articulated mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.^[1]

Vexillum articulatum
Drawing of a shell of Vexillum articulatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. articulatum
Binomial name
Vexillum articulatum (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
Mitra articulata Reeve, 1845 Pusia callipicta Sarasúa, 1978 (junior secondary homonym of Vexillum callipictum Woodring, 1928: Vexillum (Pusia) josefinae Sarasúa, 1985 is a replacement name) Vexillum (Pusia) articulatum (Reeve, 1845) Vexillum (Pusia) josefinae Sarasúa, 1985 Vexillum (Pusiolina) arestum Rehder, 1943 Vexillum arestum (Rehder, 1943)

Description

The length of the shell attains 11.4 mm.

(Original description) The shell is shortly fusiform and somewhat ventricose. The whorls are smooth, longitudinally rather obsoletely plicated, slightly tubercled in the middle. The shell is pale pinkish scarlet, encircled with a small white brown-articulated zone. The columella is four-plaited. ^[2]

The shell is pale pinkish scarlet, encircled with a small white brown articulated zone. ^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana.