Vexillum fidicula
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| Vexillum fidicula | |
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| Shell of Vexillum fidicula (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. fidicula |
| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum fidicula (Gould, 1850) | |
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Vexillum fidicula is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
The shell reaches a length of 15.4 mm.
The shell is yellowish brown with a central white band. The ribs are whitish, sometimes a little nodular at the shoulder angle.[2]
