Vexillum radius

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

Vexillum radius
Shell of Vexillum radius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. radius
Binomial name
Vexillum radius (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
Costellaria longispira (Reeve, 1845) Mitra (Turricula) radius Reeve, 1845 superseded combination Mitra longispira Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1874 Mitra radius Reeve, 1845 (original combination) Vexillum (Costellaria) radius (Reeve, 1845) ·

Description

The length of the shell attains 19.8 mm.

(Original description) The shell is slenderly fusiform. The spire is acuminated. The base is contracted and somewhat elongated. The whorls are longitudinally concentrically plicately ribbed. The interstices are cancellated. The shell has a pale flesh-colour. The body whorl is encircled towards the base with a pale brown band. The columella is two-plaited. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West and South Pacific: off Mozambique, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands, Fiji and Papua New Guinea; also off New Zealand and Australia (Queensland).