Vexillum mediomaculatum

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

Vexillum mediomaculatum
Drawing of a shell of Vexillum mediomaculatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. mediomaculatum
Binomial name
Vexillum mediomaculatum (G.B. Sowerby II, 1870)
Synonyms[1]
Mitra aperta Sowerby II & Sowerby III, 1874 Mitra mediomaculata G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 (original combination) Pusia mediomaculatum G.B. Sowerby III, 1870 Vexillum (Pusia) mediomaculatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1870) ·

Description

The length of the shell attains 16 mm.

The shell is somewhat indistinctly plicately ribbed. The ribs are smooth, wide and close together. The interstices show revolving striae. The sculpture altogether is obsolete on the back of the body whorl. The shell is rich chestnut-brown, broadly white-banded, with a row of square, regular brown spots in the centre of the band.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Hawaii and Mauritius.