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

The shell is cylindrically fusiform with a high spire.

The shell is blueish white or yellowish, the ribs are blood-red, the base and apex are brownish black.

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

[3] 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)