''Microtrypetes'' is a

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of marine snails,

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 ...

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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. ''Microtrypetes'' Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1415871 on 2020-01-23

Species

Species within the genus ''Microtrypetes'' include: * '' Microtrypetes iola'' (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932) * '' Microtrypetes polypenus'' (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932)

References

External links

Pilsbry, H.A. & Lowe, H.N. (1932). West Mexican and Central American mollusks collected by H. N. Lowe, 1929–1931. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 84: 33-144, 17 pls

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
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