Vexillum lotum

Vexillum lotum, common name the washed mitre, are a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.^[1]

Vexillum lotum
Shell of Vexillum lotum (holotype)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. lotum
Binomial name
Vexillum lotum (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
Mitra lota Reeve, 1845 (original combination) Vexillum (Pusia) lotum (Reeve, 1845) ·

Description

(Original description) The shell is oblong-ovate. The sutures of the spire are impressed, transversely very finely impressly striated, longitudinally concentrically ribbed. The ribs are granose towards the base. The shell is pale reddish orange, variegated with greenish brown. The columella is three-plaited.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.