Vexitomina torquata
| Vexitomina torquata | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Horaiclavidae |
| Genus: | Vexitomina |
| Species: | V. torquata |
| Binomial name | |
| Vexitomina torquata Laseron, 1954 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Vexitomina pilazona Laseron, 1954 | |
Vexitomina torquata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]
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.
References
- ↑ Vexitomina torquata Laseron, 1954. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
- 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.
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