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Exilia vagrans

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Exilia vagrans
Shell of Exilia vagrans (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Ptychatractidae
Genus: Exilia
Species:
E. vagrans
Binomial name
Exilia vagrans
Kantor, Bouchet, 2001[1]

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 53.5 mm.

Distribution

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

References

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  • 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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