Vexillum aureolatum

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

Vexillum aureolatum
Shell of Vexillum aureolatum (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. aureolatum
Binomial name
Vexillum aureolatum (Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
Mitra aureolata Reeve, 1844 Pusia aureolata (Reeve, 1844) Vexillum (Pusia) aureolatum (Reeve, 1844)

Description

The shell size varies between 8 mm and 29 mm.

The shell is orange-brown, with a small white superior zone, and sometimes one or more thread-like inferior bands; sometimes white with an orange band below the suture and another at the base.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and Mauritius and in the tropical Indo-Pacific from the Gulf of Oman to Polynesia, Fiji and Hawaii.