Vexitomina metcalfei

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

Vexitomina metcalfei
Shells of Vexitomina metcalfei (museum specimens at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Horaiclavidae
Genus:	Vexitomina
Species:	V. metcalfei
Binomial name
Vexitomina metcalfei (Angas G.F., 1867)
Synonyms[1]
Drillia metcalfei Angas, 1867 Inquisitor metcalfei (Angas, 1867) Pleurotoma metcalfei (Angas, 1867)

Description

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]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales and Queensland.