The Costellariidae Family includes 599 species comprising 18 genus (Vexillum (389 species), Austromitra (58), Thala (34), ...)

Phylum      : Mollusca
 Class       : Gastropoda 
  Subclass    : Caenogastropoda 
   Order       : Neogastropoda 
    Superfamily : Turbinelloidea 
     Family      : Costellariidae

Common name : ribbed miters

Aspect : elongated spindle-shaped shell close to the family Mitridae. Clearly hollowed suture line, marked axial ribs with sometimes spiral patterns and bands of bright colors.

Feeding : carnivorous

Environment : warm seas, tidal zone

Vexillum echinatum (A. Adams, 1853)