Vexillum cavea

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

Vexillum cavea
Vexillum cavea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. cavea
Binomial name
Vexillum cavea (Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms
Mitra cavea Reeve, 1844 (original combination) Mitra porphyretica Reeve, L.A. 1844 Mitra satsumae Dall, W.H. 1926. Vexillum (Pusia) cavea (Reeve, 1844) ·

Description

The length of the shell attains 21 mm.

(Original description) The ovate shell is smooth. It is longitudinally ribbed, ribs obtuse. Its colour is ashy black. The ribs ornamented with a row of small white spots. The columella is four-plaited. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-west and central Pacific; also off the Philippines and Australia (Queensland).