Vexillum mirabile

Vexillum mirabile, common name : miraculous mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.^[1]

Vexillum mirabile
Vexillum (Costellaria) mirabile
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. mirabile
Binomial name
Vexillum mirabile (A. Adams, 1853)
Synonyms[1]
Costellaria angulosa (A. Adams, 1853) Costellaria commutata (A. Adams, 1853) Costellaria macfadyeni (A. Adams, 1853) Costellaria rugosa (A. Adams, 1853) Mitra (Costellaria) commutata Dautzenberg & Bouge, 1923 · Mitra angulosa Reeve, 1845 (invalid: junior homonym of Mitra angulosa Küster, 1839) Mitra mirabilis A. Adams, 1853 (original combination) Vexillum (Costellaria) commutata Dautzenberg, Ph. & J.L. Bouge, 1923 Vexillum (Costellaria) mirabile (A. Adams, 1853) Vexillum (Costellaria) rugosa Dautzenberg, Ph. & J.L. Bouge, 1923 Vexillum (Costellaria) macfadyeni Cox, L.R., 1930

Description

The shell size varies between 33 mm and 66 mm.

The shell is yellowish white, stained or strigated with brown.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin and Madagascar, in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines, Thailand and the Tuamotus; also off Australia (Queensland, Western Australia).^{[citation needed]}