Vexillum exasperatum
©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Vexillum exasperatum 2.2 cm long from Casuarina Beach, Lizard Island.
©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Vexillum exasperatum 2.2 cm long from Casuarina Beach, Lizard Island.
©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Vexillum exasperatum 2.2 cm long from Casuarina Beach, Lizard Island.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Family
Costellariidae
Genus
Vexillum
Species
Vexillum exasperatum
Colours
Distinguishing features
Distinguishing features still need to be specified.
Size
- Up to 2.5 cm (length according to Wilson, 1994)
Synonyms
Distribution
©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution
Web resources
References
References that assist with identification
- Wilson, B.R. (1994). Australian Marine Shells: 2. Prosobranch gastropods Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia.
Other references
- Huelsken, T. (2008). Phylogenetic relationship and species identification within the Natcidae Guilding, 1834 (Gastropoda: Caenogastropoda), Ph.D. thesis, Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum. LIRS catalog number 1204.
- Robertson, R. (1981). List of shell-bearing mollusks observed and collected at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Tryonia, 4: 1-32. LIRS catalog number 403.