''Punctoterebra nitida'', common name : the Shiny Pacific Auger, is a
species
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of
sea snail, a marine
gastropod mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is es ...
in the
family
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Terebridae
The Terebridae, commonly referred to as auger shells or auger snails, is a group or family of small to large predatory marine gastropods in the superfamily Conoidea.Gofas, S. (2012). Terebridae. World Register of Marine Specie2012-10-12
These ...
, the auger snails.
[MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Punctoterebra nitida (Hinds, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=447373 on 2020-01-23]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 19 mm and 45 mm.
Distribution
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along
East Africa
East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territories make up Eastern Africa:
Due to the histori ...
and the
Aldabra
Aldabra is the world's second-largest coral atoll, lying south-east of the continent of Africa. It is part of the Aldabra Group of islands in the Indian Ocean that are part of the Outer Islands of the Seychelles, with a distance of 1,120 k ...
Atoll; in the Western Pacific Ocean.
References
* Taylor, J.D. (1973). ''Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.''
* 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
External links
Gaqstropods.com : ''Strioterebrum nitidum''; accessed : 6 May 2011Fedosov, 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
Gastropods described in 1844
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