Vexillum zelotypum

Vexillum zelotypum, common name the jealous mitre, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.^[1][2]

Vexillum zelotypum
Original image of a shell of Vexillum zelotypum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Turbinelloidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. zelotypum
Binomial name
Vexillum zelotypum (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms[1]
Mitra zelotypa Reeve, 1845 Vexillum (Costellaria) zelotypum (Reeve, 1845)

Description

The length of the shell attains 18 mm.

(Original description) The shell is ovate. The whorls are rounded at the upper part, longitudinally ribbed, transversely strongly cancellately ridged. They are banded throughout with yellow and white. The columella is four-plaited. The interior of the aperture is pale violet.^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Samoa.