Pseudexomilus fenestratus

Pseudexomilus fenestratus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae, the turrids.[1]

Pseudexomilus fenestratus
Three views of a shell of Pseudexomilus fenestratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Pseudexomilus
Species:
P. fenestratus
Binomial name
Pseudexomilus fenestratus
R.N. Kilburn, 1988

Description

The length of the shell attains 13.8 mm, its diameter 5.4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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References

  • R.N. Kilburn (1988), Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 4. Subfamilies Drilliinae, Crassispirinae and Strictispirinae; Ann. Natal Mus. Vol. 29(1) pp. 167–320
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
  • "Pseudexomilus fenestratus". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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