Myurella burchi

Myurella burchi
Shell of Myurella burchi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Myurella
Species:	M. burchi
Binomial name
Myurella burchi (Bratcher & Cernohorsky, 1982)
Synonyms [1]
Hastulopsis burchi(Bratcher & Cernohorsky, 1982) Terebra burchiBratcher & Cernohorsky, 1982

Myurella burchi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 40 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Mozambique Channel off the island Mayotte; also off New Guinea and the Philippines

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Myurella burchi (Bratcher & Cernohorsky, 1982). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1417442 on 2020-02-02

External links

• Fedosov, A. E.; Malcolm, G.; Terryn, Y.; Gorson, J.; Modica, M. V.; Holford, M.; Puillandre, N. (2020). Phylogenetic classification of the family Terebridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea). Journal of Molluscan Studies