Vexitomina regia

Vexitomina regia
	Two shells of Vexitomina regia (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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
	Drillia regia (Reeve, 1842); Paradrillia regia (Reeve, 1842); Pleurotoma regia Reeve, 1842; Pleurotoma rougeyroni Souverbie, 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

^ ^a ^b Vexitomina regia (Reeve, 1842). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 31 March 2010.
^ 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

[WoRMS-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)

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