| Vexillum collinsoni | |
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| Shell ofVexillum collinsoni (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. collinsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum collinsoni (A. Adams, 1864) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Vexillum collinsoni is aspecies of smallsea snail, marinegastropodmollusk in thefamilyCostellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 16 mm.
The shell is whitish, stained with brown at the apex, obscurely banded with bluish ash a little below thetop of thewhorls, and spotted irregularly with brown in the same part, generally between the ribs. The lower half of thebody whorl is cinereous brown.[2]
This marine species occurs offJapan, thePhilippines,Papua New Guinea andHawaii; in the Indian Ocean offMozambique.