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Vexillum chocotinctum

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Vexillum chocotinctum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. chocotinctum
Binomial name
Vexillum chocotinctum
Turner, 2008[1]
Synonyms[2]

Vexillum (Pusia) chocotinctum Turner, 2008

Vexillum chocotinctum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[2]

The length of the shell attains 25.4 mm. It has a dextrally coiled shell, a body length of 18.4mm, and has lens eyes. It moves via mucus mediated gliding, hunts for its food, and reproduces sexually.[3]

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