Vexillum sculptile

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

Vexillum sculptile
Shell of Vexillum sculptile
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. sculptile
Binomial name
Vexillum sculptile (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
Costellaria interviewi (L.A. Reeve, 1845) Costellaria sculptilis var. interviewi Ray, 1954 Mitra (Pusia) iteina Melvill, 1918 Mitra cophina Gould, 1850 Mitra sculptilis Reeve, 1845 (original combination) Pusia iteina (L.A. Reeve, 1845) Vexillum (Costellaria) sculptile (Reeve, 1845) Vexillum cophinum (Gould, 1850) Vexillum sculptile (L.A. Reeve, 1845)

Description

The length of the shell attains 17 mm.

(Original description) The elongated shell is somewhat cylindrical and a little recurved at the base. The sutures of the spire are rather impressed. The shell is longitudinally closely ridged with beautiful shining riblets. The interstices transversely strongly latticed. The decussating cancellations are so regularly disposed, with the white stramineous and fuscous zoned spiral bands that they can serve to characterize the species. The shell is whitish, faintly spotted with pale brown. The lower portion of the body whorl is pale brown, whitish at the base. The columella is five-plaited. ^{[2] [3]}

Distribution

This species occurs in the Persian Gulf; also off the Philippines, Indonesia and the Maldives; in the East China Sea; off the Fiji Islands, New Caledonia and Australia (Queensland).