Vexillum cancellarioides

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

Vexillum cancellarioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. cancellarioides
Binomial name
Vexillum cancellarioides (Anton, 1838)
Synonyms[1]
Mitra cancellarioides Anton, 1838 · unaccepted (original combination) Mitra fraga Kiener, L.C., 1838 (not Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Mitra tuberculata Kiener, L.C., 1839 Mitra nodosa Reeve, L.A., 1844 Mitra pinguis Reeve, L.A., 1845 Pusia cancellarioides (Anton, 1838) Vexillum (Pusia) cancellarioides (Anton, 1838)

Description

The shell size of this species varies between 13 mm and 25 mm, comparable to the length of average human fingernail. Its shell may have any color range from cream white to light brown.^{[citation needed]}

The shell is white, sometimes with a central brown band or a row of spots interrupted by the tubercles, which cover the entire surface. The upper part of the bodywhorl shows close impressed revolving striae. The aperture is yellowish within. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean off the Aldabra Atoll and the Mascarene Basin, and in the Western Pacific; off Australia (New South Wales, Queensland).