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Vexillum oryzum

species of mollusc

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ7924115 ↗
Source-derived summary

Vexillum oryzum is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Palau.

References

Turner H. 2001. Katalog der Familie Costellariidae Macdonald, 1860. Conchbooks.

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This entry incorporates text from “Vexillum oryzum” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.