Vexillum umbrosum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Turbinelloidea
Family: Costellariidae
Genus: Vexillum
Species:
V. umbrosum
Binomial name
Vexillum umbrosum
(G. B. Sowerby II, 1874)
Synonyms[1]

Mitra umbrosa G. B. Sowerby II, 1874

Vexillum umbrosum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]

Description

The colouring of the shell is dark rich burnt brown. The ribs more defined than in Voluta vulpecula Linnaeus, 1758, raised into tubercles at the angle of the whorls. [2]

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