Vexillum sybillae

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

Vexillum sybillae
Drawing of a shell of Vexillum sybillae (holotype)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. sybillae
Binomial name
Vexillum sybillae (Melvill, 1888)
Synonyms
Mitra sybillae Melvill, 1888 (original designation) Vexillum (Costellaria) sybillae (Melvill, 1888)

Description

The length of the shell attains 16 mm, its diameter 5 mm.

(Original description) The shell is lanceolate with a turreted spire. The whorls are longitudinally costoso-plicate. The narrow ribs are compressed. The interstices are conspicuously and deeply striate. The shell is ashy white, below bluish lead colour, the apex being tinged with the same colour. The columella is five-plaited. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Andaman Islands.