Neoterebra variegata

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Neoterebra variegata
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Apertural view of a shell of Neoterebra variegata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Neoterebra
Species:
N. variegata
Binomial name
Neoterebra variegata
(Gray, 1834)
Synonyms [1]
  • Strioterebrum melia Pilsbry & H.N. Lowe, 1931
  • Terebra africana Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon
  • Terebra hupeiLorois, 1857
  • Terebra melia Pilsbry, 1931
  • Terebra variegata Gray (original combination)

Neoterebra variegata, common name the variegated 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 25 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Baja California peninsula to Peru; off Galápagos Islands.

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Neoterebra variegata (Gray, 1834). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1416769 on 2020-01-27