Vexillum caliendrum

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

Vexillum caliendrum
Shell of Vexillum caliendrum (holotype)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. caliendrum
Binomial name
Vexillum caliendrum (Melvill & Standen, 1901)
Synonyms
Costellaria caliendrum J.C. Melvill & R. Standen, 1901 Mitra (Turricula) caliendrum Melvill & Standen, 1901 (basionym) Mitra caliendrum Melvill & Standen, 1901 (original combination) Vexillum (Costellaria) caliendrum (Melvill & Standen, 1901)

Description

The length of the shell attains 24.5 mm, its diameter 8 mm.

The solid, fusiform shell is brown and narrowly white-banded spirally. The shell consists of 10-12 whorls. It is furnished with many oblique ribs on the upper whorls, about eleven on the body whorl. The narrow aperture is squarely oblong, lilac within. The outer lip is thickened and crenulate. The recurved columella is four times plaited.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.