Vexitomina torquata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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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
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| Binomial name | |
| Vexitomina torquata Laseron, 1954
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Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 20 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.
References edit
- ^ 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.
External links edit
- "Vexitomina torquata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295