Vexillum sanguisuga

Vexillum sanguisuga, common name the branded mitre, is a species of small sea snail, marine gastropod mollusk in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Description
The length of the shell attains 39 mm.

The shell is cylindrically fusiform with a high spire. It contains six whorls. It is transversely impressly striated, longitudinally ribbed, with the many ribs obtusely granulated. The outer lip is slightly concave. The aperture is narrow. It is edged with purple-brown. The shell is blueish white or yellowish, the ribs are blood-red, the base and apex are brownish black. The brown columella is four-plaited.

The shell is yellowish white to ash color, the ribs tipped with scarlet, sometimes with one or more chocolate bands, base and apex chocolate.

Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific: off the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Solomon Islands; also off Papua New Guinea and Australia (Queensland, Western Australia)