Vexillum caffrum

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

Vexillum caffrum
Shell of Vexillum caffrum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. caffrum
Binomial name
Vexillum caffrum (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Mitra zonalis Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 Vexillum (Vexillum) caffrum (Linnaeus, 1758) Voluta caffra Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 51 mm.

The fusiform shell has a high spire and an adpressed suture. It shows many axial riblets, becoming obsolete on the middle of the body whorl. The outer lip is lirate, a little concave and inverted. The interior of the lip edge is dark brown. The columella has four plaits. The short siphonal canal is open and a little recurved.

The shell is dark chocolate brown, with two or three yellow spiral zones, the upper one visible on the spire.^[2]

Distribution

Tropîcal Pacific Ocean from Indonesia to Polynesia; off Australia (Queensland).