Terebra cingulifera

Terebra cingulifera
A shell of Terebra cingulifera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Terebra
Species:	T. cingulifera
Binomial name
Terebra cingulifera Lamarck, 1822
Synonyms [1]
Dimidacus cinguliferus(Lamarck, 1822) Perirhoe melamans Iredale, 1929 Terebra columnaris Deshayes, 1859 Terebra obsoleta Deshayes, 1859 Terebra punctulata Sowerby, 1825 Terebra (Amanda-group) cingulifera Lamarck, 1822

Terebra cingulifera, common name the ringed auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 39 mm and 101 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius, Madagascar, Aldabra and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific off the Tuamotus.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Terebra cingulifera Lamarck, 1822 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 15 October 2012.

• Bratcher T. & Cernohorsky W.O. (1987). Living terebras of the world. A monograph of the recent Terebridae of the world. American Malacologists, Melbourne, Florida & Burlington, Massachusetts. 240pp
• Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & NaturalArt. 59pp + plates.
• Steyn, D. G.; Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.

Museum specimens

External links

• Gastropods.com: Terebra (Amanda-group) cingulifera
• Deshayes, G. P. (1859). A general review of the genus Terebra, and a description of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1859) 27: 270-321
• Sowerby I, G. B. (1825). A catalogue of the shells contained in the collection of the late Earl of Tankerville: arranged according to the Lamarckian conchological system: together with an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species- London, vii + 92 + xxxiv pp
• Fedosov, A. E.; Malcolm, G.; Terryn, Y.; Gorson, J.; Modica, M. V.; Holford, M.; Puillandre, N. (2020). Phylogenetic classification of the family Terebridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 85(4): 359-388

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