title: Vexillum cavea
text: # Vexillum cavea
  
  Vexillum cavea, common name the bird-cage mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.
  
  ## Description
  
  The length of the shell attains 21 mm.
  
  (Original description) The ovate shell is smooth. It is longitudinally ribbed, ribs obtuse. Its colour is ashy black. The ribs ornamented with a row of small white spots. The columella is four-plaited.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This marine species occurs in the Indo-west and central Pacific; also off the Philippines and Australia (Queensland)
  
  