| Vexillum granosum | |
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| Shell of Vexillum granosum (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. granosum
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| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum granosum (Gmelin, 1791)
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Vexillum granosum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
The length of the shell attains 37 mm.
The shell is yellowish white to ash color. The ribs are tipped with scarlet, sometimes with one or more chocolate bands. The base and apex have a chocolate color.[2]
This species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific, Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia)
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