Vexillum modestum, common name the modest mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.[1]
The length of the shell attains 17 mm.
(Original description) The shell is somewhat fusiformly ovate, contracted at the base, with the spire turreted. The whorls are rounded, longitudinally ribbed with the interstices transversely cancellately impressed. The shell is snowy white, very palely stained towards the base with pink. The columella is four-plaited. The interior of the aperture is pink. [2]
This marine species occurs off the Philippines and Guam.
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Vexillum modestum, common name the modest mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.
