Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Clade Hypsogastropoda Scientific name Vexitomina metcalfei | Phylum Mollusca Clade Caenogastropoda Clade Neogastropoda Rank Species | |
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Vexitomina metcalfei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.
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Description
The length of the shell attains 20 mm.
The holotype is a faded shell in the British Museum. This species varies in size, colour, and sculpture. It reaches a length of 20 mm., with nineteen tubercules on the penultimate whorl, and is usually dark chestnut picked out with buff on the shoulder nodules. The operculum is unguiculate with a terminal nucleus.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales and Queensland.
References
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