- Source: Vexillum macandrewi
Vexillum macandrewi is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 19 mm and 33 mm.
(Original description) A pretty graceful, thin, fawn-coloured shell, with spiral striae and elegantly curved longitudinal thin ribs.
The shell has a fawn color, lighter on the periphery.
Distribution
This marin e species occurs off South Africa, Mozambique; in the Red Sea and the Philippines.
References
External links
Turner, Hans & Marrow, Maxwell P - "Five new Vexillum (Costellaria) species from various Indo-Pacific locations and remarks on Vexillum (Costellaria) perrieri (Dautzenberg, 1929) (Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Costellariidae)"; Novapex vol. 2 2001
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