Vexillum ficulinum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.
Description The length of the shell attains 20 mm.
This species has an oval shell, more or less shouldered. It is very brown red, sometimes quite black. It is everywhere streaked transversely and provided with obtuse longitudinal ribs, which become distinct towards their base. The aperture is whitish to chocolate. The columella is four-plaited.Lamarck (J.B.M.de). (1811). Suite de la détermination des espèces de Mollusques testacés. Mitre (Mitra.). Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 17: 195-222.Tryon (1882), Manual of Conchology IV
Distribution This species occurs in the Indian Ocean, the Western Pacific and off the Philippines and Australia.
References
Tryon, G.W. 1882. Nassidae, Turbinellidae, Volutidae & Mitridae. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : G.W. Tryon Vol. 4. Cernohorsky, W.O. 1970. Systematics of the families Mitridae & Volutomitridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 8: 1-190 Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum 377 pp., 100 pls. Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific marine shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls. Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. 1999. Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-bearing Mollusca of Japan. Japan : Elle Scientific Publications 749 pp.
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