Punctoterebra arabella

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Punctoterebra arabella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Punctoterebra
Species:
P. arabella
Binomial name
Punctoterebra arabella
(Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms [1]
  • Strioterebrum arabellum(Thiele, 1925)
  • Terebra arabellaThiele, 1925

Punctoterebra arabella is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails. [1]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 11 mm and 22 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Indonesia and French Polynesia.

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References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Punctoterebra arabella (Thiele, 1925). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1330076 on 2020-01-22}