species: Vexillum exasperatum in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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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.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Neogastropoda
Family Costellariidae
Genus Vexillum
Species Vexillum exasperatum

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Lizard Island area: all known taxa
Lizard Island Field Guide

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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.