Vexillum millecostatum

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

Vexillum millecostatum
Shell of Vexillum millecostatum (specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. millecostatum
Binomial name
Vexillum millecostatum (Broderip, 1836)
Synonyms[1]
Mitra (Pusia) evelynae Melvill, 1895 junior subjective synonym Mitra adamsoni Reeve, 1844 Mitra antonii Küster, 1839 Tiara millecostata Broderip, 1836 (original combination) Vexillum (Pusia) millecostatum (Broderip, 1836) Vexillum evelynae (Melvill, 1895)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 19 mm and 30 mm.

The solid, elongate shell has an oblong-fusiform shape. The shell contains nine whorls with impressed sutures. It is closely, finely longitudinally ribbed, with impressed revolving striae at the base. The aperture is oblong and auriculate. The columella is four-plaited. It is orange yellow to dark chestnut-brown, sometimes with two interrupted lighter bands.^{[2] [3]}

Distribution

This species occurs in the Eastern Indian Ocean and western and central Pacific Ocean; also off Papua New Guinea and Australia (Queensland).