Vexillum luculentum

Vexillum luculentum, common namee the clear mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.^[1]

Vexillum luculentum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. luculentum
Binomial name
Vexillum luculentum (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
Mitra dichroa Adams & Reeve, 1850 Mitra graeffi Crosse, 1867 Mitra luculenta Reeve, 1845 Mitra tricolor Montrouzier, 1861 Mitra (Pusia) luculenta albida Dautzenberg, P. & Bouge, L.J. 1923 Mitra (Pusia) luculenta nigra Dautzenberg, P. & Bouge, L.J. 1923. Pusia luculenta (Reeve, 1845)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 8 mm and 15 mm.

(Original description) The shell is ovate and smooth. It is longitudinally rather obsoletely plicately ribbed, ribs granose towards the base. The whorls are conspicuously painted with alternate blue-black and white zones. The columella is three-plaited.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs from the Philippines and in the Western Pacific off Fiji and Samoa; also off Queensland, Australia.