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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. festum |
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| Vexillum festum (Reeve, 1845) | |
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Vexillum festum, common name the pleasant mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.
Description
(Original description) The shell is pyramidally ovate, longitudinally obtusely ribbed. The interstices between the ribs are transversely cancellated. The shell is ivory-white. The body whorl is encircled with a broad olive-ash belt, indistinctly dotted with white. The columella is four-plaited.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines.
References
- Vexillum festum (Reeve, 1845). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 24 April 2010.
- Reeve, L. A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pl. 1-39 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Hans TURNER & Richard SALISBURY, Three new costellarid species from Japan, Papua New Guinea and other Indo-Pacific locations (Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Costellariidae); APEX 14(3-4) 73-80, 20 dec 1999
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