Vexillum pacificum


Vexillum pacificum, the Pacific mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 11 mm and 19 mm.
The rather thick shell is elongately ovate. The spire is turreted. The whorls are angulated at the upper part, longitudinally ridged, ridges numerous, narrow, transversely impressly grooved. The shell is white, encircled with a brown band between the ridges only. The columella is four-plaited, uppermost plait much the largest. The aperture is rather short.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indo-West and Central Pacific; off Mozambique, Réunion, Guam, the Loyalty Islands, Indonesia, the Philippines and off Australia.