Vexillum macandrewi | |
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Drawing of a shell of Vexillum macandrewi | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Costellariidae |
Genus: | Vexillum |
Species: | V. macandrewi
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Binomial name | |
Vexillum macandrewi (G.B. Sowerby II, 1874)
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Vexillum macandrewi is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
The length of the shell varies between 19 mm and 33 mm.
(Original description) A pretty graceful, thin, fawn-coloured shell, with spiral striae and elegantly curved longitudinal thin ribs. [2]
The shell has a fawn color, lighter on the periphery. [3]
This marin e species occurs off South Africa, Mozambique; in the Red Sea and the Philippines.