| Vexillum salmoneum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. salmoneum |
| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum salmoneum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1874) | |
| Synonyms | |
Mitra salmoneaG. B. Sowerby II, 1874 · | |
Vexillum salmoneum is aspecies of smallsea snail, marinegastropodmollusk in thefamilyCostellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
(Original description) The shell is fusiform. It is yellowish, clouded with a salmon tint. Thespire is acuminated. Thewhorls are rather convex, closely ribbed. Thebody whorl is angular above, armed with oblique interstriated ribs and with tubercles at the angle, anteriorly attenuated, acuminated. Theaperture is striated within.[2]
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