Terebra variegata

Terebra variegata
Apertural view of a shell of Terebra variegata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Terebra
Species: T. variegata
Binomial name
Terebra variegata
Gray, 1834
Synonyms[1]
  • Strioterebrum melia Pilsbry & H.N. Lowe, 1931
  • Terebra africana Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon
  • Terebra hupei Lorois, 1857
  • Terebra melia Pilsbry, 1931
  • Terebra (Variegata-group) variegata Gray, 1834

Terebra variegata, common name the variegated auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]

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.

References

  1. 1 2 Terebra variegata Gray, 1834.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 October 2012.
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