Myurella pygmaea

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Myurella pygmaea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Myurella
Species:
M. pygmaea
Binomial name
Myurella pygmaea
(Hinds, 1844)
Synonyms [1]
  • Terebra pygmaeaHinds, 1844
  • Terenolla pygmaea(Hinds, 1844)
  • Turbonilla princepsPreston, 1905

Myurella pygmaea, common name the pygmy auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails. [1]

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 13 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the tropical Indo-Pacific and off New Zealand.

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Myurella pygmaea (Hinds, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1417518 on 2020-02-02