Vexitomina radulaeformis

Vexitomina radulaeformis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]

Vexitomina radulaeformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Vexitomina
Species:
V. radulaeformis
Binomial name
Vexitomina radulaeformis
(Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876)
Synonyms[1]
  • Inquisitor radulaeformis (Weinkauff, 1876)
  • Pleurotoma (Surgula) radulaeformis (sic)Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876

Description

Charles Hedley (1922) was of the opinion that this species is unknown to Australian conchologists ; apparently it resembles Vexitomina metcalfei (Angas, 1867). The type is probably in the Godefffoy Museum, Hamburg . He described it as Inquisitor radulaeformis[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs in the Bass Strait, Tasmania.

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gollark: preys -> prey (line 54, 60, probably more)
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gollark: I wonder why it was abandoned.

References
  1. Vexitomina radulaeformis (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
  2. Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56
  • Weinkauff, H.C. 1876. Das Genus Pleurotoma. pp. 49–136 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 4.


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