Vexitomina torquata
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- Paradrillia pilazona Laseron, 1954
- Vexitomina pilazona Laseron, 1954
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Vexitomina torquata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.{{WRMS species|435216|Vexitomina torquata Laseron, 1954||31 March 2010}}
Description
The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 20 mm.
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Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.
References
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- 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
- {{Gastropods.com|key=4|id=7424|title=Vexitomina torquata|access-date=16 January 2019}}
- [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295]
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Category:Gastropods of Australia
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