Vexillum longispira

Vexillum longispira is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.^[1]

Vexillum longispira
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. longispira
Binomial name
Vexillum longispira (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874)
Synonyms[1]
Mitra longispira G. B. Sowerby II, 1874

The Australian Faunal Directory considers Mitra longispira a synonym of Vexillum (Costellaria) radius (Reeve, 1845).^[2]

Description

The thin shell is slender. It is fawn-coloured, encircled with a white band in the middle of the whorls. The shell is sculptured with angular, elegantly curved ribs and spiral striae. The turreted spire is attenuated with numerous whorls. The body whorl is attenuated in front.^[3]