Terebra ligata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Terebridae |
Genus: | Terebra |
Species: | T. ligata |
Binomial name | |
Terebra ligata Hinds, 1844 | |
Terebra ligata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails. [1]
Shell size 40 mm.
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