Vexitomina regia

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

Vexitomina regia
Shell of Vexitomina regia (museum specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific 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)

Description

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]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indo-West Pacific (Mauritius, the Philippines, Loyalty Islands) and off Australia (Queensland).