title: Vexillum radix
text: # Vexillum radix
  
  Vexillum radix is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.
  
  ## Description
  
  The length of the shell attains 31 mm.
  
  The shell is similar to Vexillum obeliscus (Reeve, 1844), but the ribs are more distant and arcuate.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific: off Mozambique and the Philippines; also off Australia (Queensland, Western Australia)
  
  