About Vexillum cadaverosum (Reeve, 1844)
Vexillum cadaverosum (Reeve, 1844) has a shell that ranges between 13 mm and 22 mm in length. The shell base color is whitish, marked with a narrow chestnut or chocolate colored band that may be continuous or interrupted by the shell's ribs. Compared to Vexillum exasperatum (Gmelin, 1791), this species has a stouter shell, is typically smaller, and shows less tendency toward granulation. When the band of V. cadaverosum is not continuous, it appears in the interstices between ribs. This differs from the interrupted bands of V. exasperatum, which appear on the backs of the ribs. This marine species is distributed off the Philippines and Lord Hood Islands, in the Red Sea, across the tropical Indo-Pacific extending to Polynesia, New Caledonia, and Hawaii, and also found off Papua New Guinea and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).
