Vexillum aureolatum | |
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Shell of Vexillum aureolatum (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
Family: | Costellariidae |
Genus: | Vexillum |
Species: | V. aureolatum
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Binomial name | |
Vexillum aureolatum (Reeve, 1844)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Vexillum aureolatum, common name : the golden mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
The shell size varies between 8 mm and 29 mm
The shell is orange-brown, with a small white superior zone, and sometimes one or more thread-like inferior bands; sometimes white with an orange band below the suture and another at the base.[2]
This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and Mauritius and in the tropical Indo-Pacific from the Gulf of Oman to Polynesia, Fiji and Hawaii