Vexillum variatum | |
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Shell of Vexillum variatum(specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
Family: | Costellariidae |
Genus: | Vexillum |
Species: | V. variatum
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Binomial name | |
Vexillum variatum (Reeve, 1845)
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Vexillum variatum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
The length of the shell attains 19 mm.
The shell is yellowish brown with a dark superior band, and a white band with dark margins below the middle. [2]
This marine species occurs off the Bahamas and Bermuda; in the Caribbean Sea; off Brazil.