''Maculauger'' is a
genus
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of
marine snail
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s,
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the family
Terebridae
The Terebridae, commonly referred to as auger shells or auger snails, is a Family (biology), family of predatory marine (ocean), marine gastropods in the superfamily Conoidea.Gofas, S. (2012). Terebridae. World Register of Marine Specie2012-10-12 ...
, subfamily
Terebrinae.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Maculauger Fedosov, Malcolm, Terryn, Gorson, Modica, Holford & Puillandre, 2020. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1415853 on 2020-01-23]
Species
Species within the genus ''Maculauger'' include:
* ''
Maculauger alveolatus''
(Hinds, 1844)
* ''
Maculauger campbelli''
(R. D. Burch, 1965)
* ''
Maculauger castigatus''
(A. H. Cooke, 1885)
* ''
Maculauger cinctellus''
(Deshayes, 1859)
* ''
Maculauger kokiy''
Pacaud & Lesport, 2020
* ''
Maculauger minipulcher''
(Bozzetti, 2008)
* ''
Maculauger sudchinensis''
Malcolm, Terryn & Fedosov, 2020
;Species brought into synonymy:
* ''Maculauger pseudopertusus''
(Bratcher & Cernohorsky, 1985): synonym of ''Maculauger kokiy''
Pacaud & Lesport, 2020
References
External links
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
Terebridae
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