Vexillum taeniatum

Vexillum (Vexillum) taeniatum
	Dorsal view of a shell of Vexillum (Vexillum) taeniatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Subgenus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. taeniatum
Binomial name
	Vexillum (Vexillum) taeniatum; (Lamarck, 1811)
Synonyms
	Mitra taeniata Lamarck, 1811; Mitra gloriosa Noordt, 1819; Mitra vittata Swainson, W.A., 1822; Mitra crocea Sowerby II & Sowerby III, 1874; Vexillum (Vexillum) taylorianum Sowerby, G.B. II & III, 1874; Mitra jucunda Dunker, R.W., 1879; Mitra fasciata Dall, W.H., 1905; Mitra permutata Dautzenberg, Ph. & J.L. Bouge, 1923;

Vexillum (Vexillum) taeniatum, common name: the ribboned 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 38 mm and 85 mm.

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along Madagascar and in the Pacific Ocean along the Philippines, Indonesia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and in the Gulf of Thailand.

Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Mollusques testacés marins de Madagascar. Faune des Colonies Francaises, Tome III
Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 63