Myurellopsis undulata

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Myurellopsis undulata
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Apertural view of a shell of Myurellopsis undulata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Myurellopsis
Species:
M. undulata
Binomial name
Myurellopsis undulata
(Gray, 1834)
Synonyms [1]
  • Myurella undulata(Gray, 1834)
  • Terebra undulataGray, 1834
  • Terebra undulata var. laeviorSchepman, 1913

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

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 60 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Persian Gulf, in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Aldabra and Chagos; in the Pacific Ocean off New Guinea, Hawaii and Fiji.

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Myurellopsis undulata (Gray, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1415869 on 24 January 2020

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