Vexitomina metcalfei | |
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Shells of Vexitomina metcalfei (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. metcalfei
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Binomial name | |
Vexitomina metcalfei (Angas G.F., 1867)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Vexitomina metcalfei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]
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.[2]
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales and Queensland.