Vexillum obtusispinosum


Vexillum obtusispinosum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Description

The length of the shell attains 29.3 mm.
The subfusiform shell is yellowish, clouded with salmon and red. It is armed with rather
distant ribs, bluntly spinose at the angle, with two tubercles in the middle, and spiral striae. The spire is turreted. The body whorl is ventricose to the middle, contracted anteriorly.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Guam.