Vexillum obtusispinosum

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

Vexillum obtusispinosum
Shell of Vexillum obtusispinosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. obtusispinosum
Binomial name
Vexillum obtusispinosum (G.B. Sowerby II, 1874)
Synonyms
Mitra obtusispinosa G. B. Sowerby II, 1874 ·

Description

The length of the shell attains 29.3 mm.

(Original description) The subfusiform shell is yellowish, clouded with salmon and red. It is armed with rather distant ribs, bluntly spinose at the angle, with two tubercles in the middle, and spiral striae. The spire is turreted. The body whorl is ventricose to the middle, contracted anteriorly.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Guam.