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

Vexitomina torquata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Vexitomina
Species:
V. torquata
Binomial name
Vexitomina torquata
Laseron, 1954
Synonyms[1]
  • Paradrillia pilazona Laseron, 1954
  • Vexitomina pilazona Laseron, 1954

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

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

References

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  1. ^ a b Vexitomina torquata Laseron, 1954. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
  • 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.
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  • "Vexitomina torquata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295