Vexillum intermedium

Vexillum (Vexillum) intermedium, common name : the intermediate mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.^[1]

Vexillum intermedium
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. intermedium
Binomial name
Vexillum intermedium (Kiener, 1838)
Synonyms[1]
Mitra (Harpaeformis) lupulina Lesson, R.P. - uncertain Mitra brionae G. B. Sowerby III, 1889 Mitra hybrida Kiener, L.C., 1838 Mitra intermedia Kiener, 1838 Vexillum (Vexillum) intermedium (Kiener, 1838) · Vexillum rugosum intermediatum [sic] (misspelling)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 65 mm.

The shell is alternately zoned with ashy or chocolate-brown and white. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and the Seychelles and in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and Western Australia and Queensland, Australia.