Vexillum macandrewi is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.
Description The length of the shell varies between 19 mm and 33 mm.
(Original description) A pretty graceful, thin, fawn-coloured shell, with spiral striae and elegantly curved longitudinal thin ribs.Sowerby, G. B. II. (1874). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 4 (31-32): 1–46, pls 352–379. London, privately published
The shell has a fawn color, lighter on the periphery.Tryon (1882), Manual of Conchology IV
Distribution This marine species occurs off South Africa, Mozambique; in the Red Sea and the Philippines.
References
External links Turner, Hans & Marrow, Maxwell P - "Five new Vexillum (Costellaria) species from various Indo-Pacific locations and remarks on Vexillum (Costellaria) perrieri (Dautzenberg, 1929) (Neogastropoda: Muricoidea: Costellariidae)"; Novapex vol. 2 2001 WMSDB: image