title: Vexillum paligerum
text: # Vexillum paligerum
  
  Vexillum paligerum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.
  
  This species is considered by the Australian Faunal Directory as a synonym of Vexillum unifascialis (Lamarck, 1811)
  
  ## Description
  
  The length of the shell attains 9 mm.
  
  The shell is small and rather fusiform. The spire is turreted. The whorls are angular above. The ribs are rather distant, tuberculated at the suture, painted with bands of spots. The body whorl is rostrated below.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This marine species occurs off Mauritius and the Philippines.
  
  