Vexitomina regia

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Vexitomina regia
Shell of Vexitomina regia (museum specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Horaiclavidae
Genus: Vexitomina
Species:
V. regia
Binomial name
Vexitomina regia
(Reeve, 1842)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia regia (Reeve, 1842)
  • Paradrillia regia (Reeve, 1842)
  • Pleurotoma regia Reeve, 1842
  • Pleurotoma rougeyroni Souverbie, M. & Montrouzier, R.P. 1874
  • Turridrupa rougeyroni (Souverbie, 1874)

Vexitomina regia is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]

The periphery shows a double row of nodules. The whorls are smooth above and granulated below it. The anal sinus is small. The color of the shell is whitish maculated with chestnut.[2]

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