Vexillum pardale

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

Vexillum pardale
Vexillum pardale
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. pardale
Binomial name
Vexillum pardale (Küster, 1840)
Synonyms[1]
Mitra pardalis Küster, 1840 Pusia pardalis (Küster, 1840) Pusia russa (H.C. Küster, 1840) Vexillum (Pusia) pardale (Küster, 1840)

Description

The shell length varies between 14 and 20 millimeters.

The shell is yellowish to chocolate-brown, with an interrupted or continuous white band composed of irregular spots. The tops of the longitudinal ribs are lighter in color, sometimes white.^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off South Africa, Mozambique, Mauritius, the Aldabra Atoll, and the Mascarene Basin, and in the Western Pacific Ocean, excluding Hawaii, and has been recorded off the coasts of the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland).