Vexillum turriger

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

Vexillum turriger
Shell of Vexillum turriger (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. turriger
Binomial name
Vexillum turriger (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
Mitra armiger Reeve, 1845 Mitra rufobalteata Hervier, 1897 Mitra turriger Reeve, 1845 Vexillum (Costellaria) turriger (Reeve, 1845) Vexillum rufobalteatum (Hervier, 1897) Vexillum turrigerum [sic] (misspelling)

Description

(Original description) The shell is fusiform The spire is angularly turreted. The whorls are angulated at the upper part, longitudinally ribbed. The ribs are narrow, prickly tubercled on the angle, the interstices transversely impressed. The shell is whitish, painted between the ribs with a rather broad brown band. The columella is four-plaited.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific: off the Philippines, Guam, the Marshall Islands; and off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).