| Vexitomina radulaeformis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Horaiclavidae |
| Genus: | Vexitomina |
| Species: | V. radulaeformis |
| Binomial name | |
| Vexitomina radulaeformis (Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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
- Weinkauff, H.C. 1876. Das Genus Pleurotoma. pp. 49–136 in Küster, H.C., Martini, F.W. & Chemnitz, J.H. (eds). Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martini und Chemnitz. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 4.
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