Vexitomina

Vexitomina
Shells of Vexitomina metcalfei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Horaiclavidae
Genus:	Vexitomina Powell, 1942
Type species
Drillia metcalfei Angas, 1867

Vexitomina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Horaiclavidae. ^[1]

Species

Species within the genus Vexitomina include:

• Vexitomina coriorudis (Hedley, 1922) ^[2]
• Vexitomina coxi (Angas, 1867) ^[3]
• Vexitomina metcalfei (Angas, 1867) ^[4]
• Vexitomina radulaeformis (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876) ^[5]
• Vexitomina regia (Reeve, 1842) ^[6]
• Vexitomina sinensis Ma, 1989 ^[7]
• Vexitomina suavis (Smith E. A., 1888) ^[8]
• Vexitomina torquata Laseron, 1954 ^[9]

Species brought into synonymy

• Vexitomina chinensisMa, 1989: synonym of Paradrillia patruelis (E. A. Smith, 1875)
• Vexitomina garrardiLaseron, 1954: ^[10] synonym of Vexitomina coxi (Angas, 1867)
• Vexitomina optabilis(Murdock & Suter, 1906): ^[11] synonym of Awateria optabilis (R. Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
• Vexitomina pilazonaLaseron, 1954: ^[12] synonym of Vexitomina torquata Laseron, 1954

References

1. Vexitomina Powell, 1942 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 April 2010.
2. Vexitomina coriorudis (Hedley, 1922) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 April 2010.
3. Vexitomina coxi (Angas, 1867) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 April 2010.
4. Vexitomina metcalfei (Angas, 1867) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 April 2010.
5. Vexitomina radulaeformis (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 April 2010.
6. Vexitomina regia (Reeve, 1842) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 April 2010.
7. Vexitomina sinensis Ma, 1989 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 April 2010.
8. Vexitomina suavis (Smith E. A., 1888) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 April 2010.
9. Vexitomina torquata Laseron, 1954 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 April 2010.
10. Vexitomina garrardi Laseron, 1954 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 April 2010.
11. Vexitomina optabilis (Murdock & Suter, 1906) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 April 2010.
12. Vexitomina pilazona Laseron, 1954 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 16 April 2010.

• Powell, 1942 [Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 2: 77]
• 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. 1966. The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species. Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1–184, pls 1-23
• 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.

External links

• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295.
• Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77, 273-308