Vexitomina regia

Vexitomina regia
Shell of Vexitomina regia (museum specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Horaiclavidae
Genus:	Vexitomina
Species:	V. regia
Binomial name
Vexitomina regia (Reeve, 1842)
Synonyms [1]
Drillia regia(Reeve, 1842) Paradrillia regia(Reeve, 1842) Pleurotoma regiaReeve, 1842 Pleurotoma rougeyroniSouverbie, M. & Montrouzier, R.P. 1874 Turridrupa rougeyroni(Souverbie, 1874)

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

Description

The periphery shows a double row of nodules. The whorls are smooth above and granulated below it. The anal sinus is small. The color of the shell is whitish maculated with chestnut. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific (Mauritius, the Philippines, Loyalty Islands) and off Australia (Queensland).

References

1. Vexitomina regia (Reeve, 1842) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 31 March 2010.
2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Drillia regia)

• Reeve, L.A. 1842. Conchologia Systematica or Complete System of Conchology: in which the Lepades and Conchiferous Mollusca are described and classified according to their natural organization and habits. London : Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans Vol. 2 337 pp., pls 131–300.
• Souverbie, M. & Montrouzier, R.P. 1874. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel Calédonien. Journal de Conchyliologie 22: 187-201
• G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
• Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56
• 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

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