Neoterebra variegata | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Neoterebra variegata | |
Scientific classification | |
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] | |
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]
The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 100 mm.
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This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Baja California peninsula to Peru; off Galápagos Islands.
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