Vexitomina coxi

Vexitomina coxi
Original image of a shell of Vexitomina coxi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Horaiclavidae
Genus:	Vexitomina
Species:	V. coxi
Binomial name
Vexitomina coxi (Angas G.F., 1867)
Synonyms [1]
Drillia agnewiaTenison-Woods, 1879 Drillia coxiAngas, 1867 Drillia trailliPritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1906 Inquisitor coxi(Angas, 1867) Paradrillia (Paradrillia) coxi(Angas, 1867) Paradrillia agnewiTenison-Woods, 1879 Pleurotoma (Drillia) coxi(Angas, 1867)

Vexitomina coxi, common name Cox's turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae. ^[1]

Description

Vexitomina coxi, also known as Cox's turrid, is a small, fawn-colored sea snail (a marine gastropod) from Australia, characterized by its turreted shell with concave whorls, strong axial ribs crossed by 10-20 spiral cords, creating nodules, and a distinct anal sinus on the outer lip near the suture, with a callus pad on the smooth columella, often showing irregular dark patches.

Distribution

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

References

1. Vexitomina coxi (Angas, 1867) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 31 March 2010.

• Angas, G.F. 1867. Descriptions of thirty-two new species of marine shells from the coast of New South Wales. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 110–117, pl. 13
• Tenison-Woods, J.E. 1879. On some new Tasmanian marine shells. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1878: 32-40
• Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1906. Catalogue of the Marine Shells of Victoria. Part IX. With complete index to the whole Catalogue. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 18(2): 39-92
• Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56
• May, W.L. 1923. An Illustrated Index of Tasmanian Shells: with 47 plates and 1052 species. Hobart : Government Printer 100 pp.
• Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian Shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs.
• 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.

External links

• "Vexitomina coxi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
• Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295