Vexillum subdivisum

Vexillum subdivisum, common name : the Costate Mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.^[1]

Vexillum subdivisum
Vexillum subdivisum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. subdivisum
Binomial name
Vexillum subdivisum (Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
Mitra costellaris Lamarck, 1811 Mitra nigrina Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1811 Vexillum (Vexillum) subdivisum (Gmelin, 1791) Voluta subdivisa Gmelin, 1791 (original combination)

Description

The shell size varies between 30 mm and 60 mm.

The shell is dark chocolate, with a superior narrow white band, and occasionally an obscure, wider, lower one. ^[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific: in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius and in the Pacific Ocean off the Solomon Islands, off the Philippines and Java; in the South China Sea; off Australia (Queensland), Papua New Guinea and Okinawa.^{[citation needed]}