Vexillum acupictum

Vexillum acupictum
	Vexillum (Costellaria) acupictum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. acupictum
Binomial name
	Vexillum acupictum; (Reeve, 1845)
Synonyms
	Mitra acupicta Reeve, 1844; Mitra autumnalis Dohrn, 1860; Mitra hirasei Pilsbry, H.A., 1904; Vexillum (Costellaria) acupictum (Reeve, 1845);

Vexillum acupictum, common name : the Pinpricked Mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 13 mm and 46 mm

This species is distributed in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar, the Mascarene Basin and Mauritius, and in the Western Pacific Ocean and Japan.

Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testaces marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 14