Vexillum umbrosum

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

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

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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