Vexillum emiliae

Vexillum emiliae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Subgenus:	Pusia
Species:	V. emiliae
Binomial name
	Vexillum emiliae; (Schmeltz, 1874)
Synonyms
	Turricula emiliae Schmeltz, 1874 (original combination); Turricula plicatula Pease, W.H., 1868; Vexillum plicatula Pease, W.H., 1868; Vexillum (Costellaria) emiliae (Schmeltz, 1874); Vexillum (Pusia) emiliae (Schmeltz, 1874);

Vexillum emiliae is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 12.5 mm.

This marine species occurs off Hawaii, the Tuamotus and the Philippines

Turner H. (2001) Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald 1860 (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Muricoidea). Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 100 pp.

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