Vexillum pisolinum

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

Vexillum pisolinum
Shell of Vexillum pisolinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. pisolinum
Binomial name
Vexillum pisolinum (Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms[1]
Mitra cremans Reeve, 1845 Mitra pisolina Lamarck, 1811 (original combination) Pusia pisolinum (J.B.P.A. Lamarck, 1811) Pusia timorensis W.L.H. Dohrn, 1864 Vexillum (Pusia) pisolinum (Lamarck, 1811)

Description

The length of the shell attains 13 mm.

(Described as Mitra cremans) The stoutly ovate shell has a short spire. The sutures are slightly impressed. The shell is smooth, granose towards the base, longitudinally rather obliquely plaited. It is very dark black, variegated here and there with reddish orange names. The columella is three-plaited. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Western Pacific; also off the Philippines and Australia (Queensland).