Exilia vagrans

Exilia vagrans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Ptychatractidae.[2]

Exilia vagrans
Shell of Exilia vagrans (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Pseudolivoidea
Family:
Ptychatractidae
Genus:
Exilia
Species:
E. vagrans
Binomial name
Exilia vagrans
Kantor, Bouchet, 2001[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 53.5 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the South Pacific Ocean off Vanuatu.

References
  1. Kantor, Bouchet (2001). Ruthenica 11 (2) : 81–136. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 29 April 2010.
  2. Exilia vagrans Kantor, Bouchet, 2001. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 29 April 2010.
  • Kantor Yu.I., Bouchet P. & Oleinik A. 2001. A revision of the Recent species of Exilia, formerly Benthovoluta (Gastropoda: Turbinellidae). Ruthenica 11(2): 81-136.


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