Vexillum cadaverosum

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

Vexillum cadaverosum
Shell of Vexillum cadaverosum (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. cadaverosum
Binomial name
Vexillum cadaverosum (Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms
Mitra (Costellaria) cadaverosa Reeve, 1844 Mitra (Costellaria) cadaverosa var. mutica Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923 · Mitra (Costellaria) cadaverosa var. rubrozonata Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923 Mitra cadaverosa Reeve, 1844 (original combination) Mitra pharaonis Issel, 1869 Turricula cadaverosa (Reeve, 1844) Vexillum (Costellaria) cadaverosum (Reeve, 1844) Vexillum pharaonis (Issel, 1869)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 13 mm and 22 mm.

The shell is whitish, with a narrow chestnut or chocolate band, either continuous or interrupted by the ribs.

The shell is more stumpy, usually smaller, less disposed to granulation than Vexillum exasperatum (Gmelin, 1791), and its single band, when not continuous, appears in the interstices of the ribs, unlike the interrupted bands of V. exasperatum, which appear on the backs of the ribs. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Lord Hood Islands; Red Sea; tropical Indo-Pacific to Polynesia, New Caledonia and Hawaii; off Papua New Guinea and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).