Vexillum zebuense

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

Vexillum zebuense
Partial shell of Vexillum zebuense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. zebuense
Binomial name
Vexillum zebuense (Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms
Mitra praetexta G. B. Sowerby II, 1874 (probable synonym) Mitra praetexta G. B. Sowerby II, 1870 Mitra puncturata G. B. Sowerby III, 1879 (original combination) Mitra rorata Gould, 1850 · Mitra rufomaculata Souverbie, 1860 Mitra zebuensis Reeve, 1844 (original combination) Vexillum (Costellaria) zebuense (Reeve, 1844) Vexillum puncturatum (G. B. Sowerby III, 1879)

Description

The length of the shell attains 28 mm.

(Original description) The shell is somewhat fusiform and shining. It is grooved towards the base, very finely cancellated with rather flat close-set ridges, of which the longitudinal are the stronger. The shell is white, the upper part of the whorls is ornamented with a few large chestnut-brown spots. The columella is five-plaited. ^[2]

The shell shows strong axial ribs with narrow flattened crests. They are overridden and slightly notched by narrow spiral grooves that separate wide flattened areas. ^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in thewestern Pacific from the Philippines, through Fiji to Polynesia.