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

Vexillum diaconalis
Drawing of a shell of Vexillum diaconalis (holotype)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. diaconalis
Binomial name
Vexillum diaconalis
(Melvill & Standen, 1903)
Synonyms

Mitra (Costellaria) diaconalis Melvill & Standen, 1903

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 13 mm and 17 mm.

This small, fusiform species contains 12 whorls. It is allied to Vexillum scitulum (A. Adams, 1853), which, however, possesses the whorls more scalate and with darker maculations and shading. It is, moreover, a smaller species.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Persian Gulf and in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique.

 
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