Vexitomina torquata

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

Vexitomina torquata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Vexitomina
Species:
V. torquata
Binomial name
Vexitomina torquata
Laseron, 1954
Synonyms[1]
  • Paradrillia pilazona Laseron, 1954
  • Vexitomina pilazona Laseron, 1954

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.

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References

  • Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1-56, pls 1-12.
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1969. The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part. 2. The subfamily Turriculinae. Indo-Pacific Mollusca 2(10): 207–415, pls 188-324
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
  • "Vexitomina torquata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295


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