Vexitomina metcalfei

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Vexitomina metcalfei
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Shells of Vexitomina metcalfei (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Vexitomina
Species:
V. metcalfei
Binomial name
Vexitomina metcalfei
(Angas G.F., 1867)
Synonyms [1]
  • Drillia metcalfeiAngas, 1867
  • Inquisitor metcalfei(Angas, 1867)
  • Pleurotoma metcalfei(Angas, 1867)

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

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Description

The length of the shell attains 20 mm.

The holotype is a faded shell in the British Museum. This species varies in size, colour, and sculpture. It reaches a length of 20 mm., with nineteen tubercules on the penultimate whorl, and is usually dark chestnut picked out with buff on the shoulder nodules. The operculum is unguiculate with a terminal nucleus. [2]

Distribution

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

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