Vexillum sybillae
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| Drawing of a shell of Vexillum sybillae (holotype) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Costellariidae |
| Genus: | Vexillum |
| Species: | V. sybillae
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| Binomial name | |
| Vexillum sybillae (Melvill, 1888)
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Vexillum sybillae is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 16 mm, its diameter 5 mm. (Original description) The shell is lanceolate with a turreted spire. The whorls are longitudinally costoso-plicate. The narrow ribs are compressed. The interstices are conspicuously and deeply striate. The shell is ashy white, below bluish lead colour, the apex being tinged with the same colour. The columella is five-plaited. [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Andaman Islands