Vexillum radix
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| Vexillum radix | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. radix |
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| Vexillum radix (G.B. Sowerby II & G.B. Sowerby III, 1874) | |
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Vexillum radix is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
The length of the shell attains 31 mm.
The shell is similar to Vexillum obeliscus (Reeve, 1844), but the ribs are more distant and arcuate.[2]
