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).Australian Faunal Directory
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.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
Distribution This marine species occurs off Mauritius and the Philippines.
References
External links Liénard, Élizé. Catalogue de la faune malacologique de l'île Maurice et de ses dépendances comprenant les îles Seychelles, le groupe de Chagos composé de Diego-Garcia, Six-îles, Pèros-Banhos, Salomon, etc., l'île Rodrigues, l'île de Cargados ou Saint-Brandon. J. Tremblay, 1877. WMSDB: image inaturalist.org: images