Vexillum buriasense

Vexillum buriasense
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Species:	V. buriasense
Binomial name
	Vexillum buriasense; (Tomlin, 1920)
Synonyms
	Mitra buriasensis Tomlin, 1920 (original combination); Mitra elegans Reeve, 1845 (junior secondary homonym of Voluta elegans Link, 1807; Mitra buriasensis is a replacement name); Vexillum (Costellaria) buriasense (Tomlin, 1920);

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 23 mm. It is in a spiral shape and is white and cream in color.

This marine species occurs off the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Australia

Lea, H. C. 1841. Descriptions of some new species of fossil shells from the Eocene at Claiborne, Alabama. American Journal of Science and Arts, series 1, 40(9):92-103, 1 pl

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