Vexillum catenatum | |
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Shell of Vexillum catenatum (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Costellariidae |
Genus: | Vexillum |
Species: | V. catenatum
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Binomial name | |
Vexillum catenatum (Broderip, 1836)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Vexillum catenatum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
The length of the shell attains 10 mm.
The shell is white, with large irregular chestnut-brown spots, arranged in bands. [2]
This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific, from Mauritius to Hawaii, Midway and Pitcairn Island; also off Australia.