Vexitomina radulaeformis

Vexitomina radulaeformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Vexitomina
Species: V. radulaeformis
Binomial name
Vexitomina radulaeformis
(Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876)
Synonyms[1]
  • Inquisitor radulaeformis (Weinkauff, 1876)
  • Pleurotoma (Surgula) radulaeformis Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876

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

Description

Charles Hedley (1922) was of the opinion that this species is unknown to Australian conchologists ; apparently it resembles Vexitomina metcalfei (Angas, 1867). The type is probably in the Godefffoy Museum, Hamburg . He described it as Inquisitor radulaeformis [2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs in the Bass Strait, Tasmania.

References

  1. 1 2 Vexitomina radulaeformis (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
  2. ↑ Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213-359, pls 42-56


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