Vexillum discolorium

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

Vexillum discolorium
Vexillum discolorium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. discolorium
Binomial name
Vexillum discolorium (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
Mitra discoloria Reeve, 1845 (original combination) Mitra (Costellaria) dilectissima Melvill, J.C. & Sykes, E.R. 1899 Vexillum (Pusia) discolorium (Reeve, 1845)

Description

(Original description) The ovate shell is granulated at the base. The spire is acuminately turreted. The whorls prominent round the upper part and longitudinally conspicuously ribbed. The ribs are rather broad, obtuse and transversely impressly lineated. The shell is alternated with pink and white bands. The pink bands are stained in the interstices between the ribs with burnt black. The columella is four-plaited. The aperture is small.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-west Pacific from the Gulf of Oman through the tropical Pacific to Samoa; also off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).