''Vexitomina'' is a
genus of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
s, marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusks in the
family Horaiclavidae
Horaiclavidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
In 2011 this family was split off from the family Pseudomelatomidae (formerly the subfamily Crassispirinae McLean, 1971) by Bouchet P., Ka ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Vexitomina'' include:
* ''
Vexitomina coriorudis''
(Hedley, 1922)
* ''
Vexitomina coxi''
(Angas, 1867)
* ''
Vexitomina metcalfei''
(Angas, 1867)
* ''
Vexitomina radulaeformis''
(Weinkauff & Kobelt, 1876)
* ''
Vexitomina regia''
(Reeve, 1842)
* ''
Vexitomina sinensis''
Ma, 1989
* ''
Vexitomina suavis''
(Smith E. A., 1888)
* ''
Vexitomina torquata''
Laseron, 1954
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Vexitomina chinensis''
Ma, 1989: synonym of ''
Paradrillia patruelis''
(E. A. Smith, 1875)
* ''Vexitomina garrardi''
Laseron, 1954: synonym of ''
Vexitomina coxi''
(Angas, 1867)
* ''Vexitomina optabilis''
(Murdock & Suter, 1906): synonym of ''
Awateria optabilis
''Awateria optabilis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.Marshall, B.; Rosenberg, G. (2015). ''Awateria optabilis (R. Murdoch & Suter, 1906).'' In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Regist ...
''
(R. Murdoch & Suter, 1906)
* ''Vexitomina pilazona''
Laseron, 1954:
synonym of ''
Vexitomina torquata''
Laseron, 1954
References
* Powell, 1942
ulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 2: 77* 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. 1966. ''The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae, an evaluation of the valid taxa, both Recent and fossil, with list of characteristic species.'' Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum. Auckland, New Zealand 5: 1-184, pls 1-23
* 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
Tucker, J.K. 2004 ''Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)''. Zootaxa 682:1-1295
Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). ''A new operational classification of the Conoidea.'' Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77, 273-308
Horaiclavidae
Gastropod genera
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