Vexillum suluense

Vexillum suluense is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.^[2]

Vexillum suluense
Vexillum suluense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. suluense
Binomial name
Vexillum suluense (Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Synonyms[1]
Mitra exquisita Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1889 (not Garrett, 1873) Mitra rectilateralis Sowerby, G.B. II & III, 1874 Mitra suluensis A. Adams & Reeve, 1850 superseded combination Mitra (Vulpecula) tomlini Melvill, J.C., 1925 (not W. H. Turton, 1933) Turricula rectilateralis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874) Vexillum (Costellaria) suluense (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) Vexillum rectilateralis (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874)

Description

The shell size varies between 5 mm and 30 mm.

(Original description - described as Mitra rectilateralis ) The shell is turreted and acuminated. It is sculptured with straight longitudinal ribs and spiral striae. The body whorl is oblong, straight-sided above and below, banded with brown and white. The aperture is as long as the spire.

Distribution

This species occurs off the Andaman Islands and in the Pacific Ocean off the Philippines, Fiji, the Solomons Islands, Papua New Guinea and Queensland, Australia.