Myurellopsis kilburni

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Myurellopsis kilburni
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Shell of Myurellopsis kilburni
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Myurellopsis
Species:
M. kilburni
Binomial name
Myurellopsis kilburni
(Burch, 1965)
Synonyms [1]
  • Myurella kilburni(R. D. Burch, 1965)
  • Terebra areolataA. Adams & Reeve, 1850
  • Terebra kilburniR. D. Burch, 1965 (original combination)
  • Subula areolata(Link, 1807)
  • Terebra subulataLamarck, 1816, not to be confused with Terebra subulata (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Vertagus areolatusLink, 1807

Myurellopsis kilburni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails. [1]

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Etymology

The species name kilburni honors the South African malacologist Richard Kilburn. [2]

Description

Shells of Myurella kilburni can reach a length of 43 millimetres (1.7 in). [3] These shells are slender and show an ivory color with fulvous-brown or lavender-brown markings. [2]

Distribution and habitat

This species can be found from South Africa to French Polynesia and Hawaii, at depth of 1 to 110 m. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2020). "Myurellopsis kilburni (R. D. Burch, 1965)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Umberto Aubry Terebridae
  3. Encyclopedia of life