species: Vexitomina regia in taxonomy (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Vexitomina regia


©Jens Sommer-Knudsen: Vexitomina regia from Lighthouse Bommie, inside Ribbon Reef 10, near Lizard Island. Photo id confirmed by Dr Richard Willan, NT Museum.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Neogastropoda
Family Horaiclavidae
Genus Vexitomina
Species Vexitomina regia

Lizard Island area: all known taxa
Lizard Island Field Guide

Distinguishing features

Dr Richard Willan (NT Museum) notes: "Vexitomina regia is reasonably well known because of its distinctive sculpture, and it is the only member of its genus to have a wide distribution in the tropical Indo-Pacific (ranging westward from the Fiji islands to Mauritius)."

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

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