Vexillum obeliscus

Vexillum (Costellaria) obeliscus
	Vexillum obeliscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Costellariidae
Genus:	Vexillum
Subgenus:	Costellaria
Species:	V. obeliscus
Binomial name
	Vexillum (Costellaria) obeliscus; (Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms
	Costellaria obeliscus (Reeve, 1844); Mitra obeliscus Reeve, 1844; Vexillum (Costellaria) subtruncatum Sowerby, G.B. II & III, 1874; Vexillum andamanica Nevill, G. & H. Nevill, 1875; Turricula quasillus Iredale, T., 1929;

Vexillum (Costellaria) obeliscus is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.^[1]

Description

The shell size varies between 20 mm and 45 mm

This species is distributed in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean along the Mascarene Basin and Madagascar; in the Pacific Ocean along New Guinea, New Caledonia, Fiji and the Solomons Islands.

Drivas, J. & M. Jay (1988). Coquillages de La Réunion et de l'île Maurice
Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks. 1-100 page(s): 48

"Vexillum (Costellaria) obeliscus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 7 December 2010.

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