Vexillum echinatum (A. Adams 1853)

Vexillum echinatum 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 16 mm and 28 mm.

Distribution

Red Sea; Tropical Indo-Pacific to Polynesia; also off the Philippines.

References

• Fedosov, A. E., and Yu I. Kantor. "Evolution of carnivorous gastropods of the family Costellariidae (Neogastropoda) in the framework of molecular phylogeny." Ruthenica, Russian Malacological Journal 20.2 (2010): 117-139.