Vexillum dennisoni

Vexillum dennisoni, common name : the Dennison's mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.^[1]

Vexillum dennisoni
Vexillum (Vexillum) dennisoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. dennisoni
Binomial name
Vexillum dennisoni (Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms
Mitra dennisoni Reeve, 1844 Vexillum (Vexillum) dennisoni (Reeve, 1844)

Description

The shell length of the Vexillum dennisoni varies between 40 mm and 66 mm.

(Original description) The shell is fusiform. The spire is attenuately acuminated. The whorls are somewhat concentrically ribbed, transversely grooved. The grooves are narrow, more or less obsolete upon the ribs. The shell is reddish orange, encircled with a single white zone, peculiarly stained with blueish olive between the ribs. The columella is four-plaited.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the seas along India and the Philippines.