''Terebra punctum'' is a
species
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of
sea snail, a marine
gastropod mollusc 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 eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Terebra punctum (Poppe, Tagaro & Terryn, 2009). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1416754 on 2020-01-30]
Description
Distribution
References
* Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Terryn Y. (2009) ''New Terebridae from the Philippines''. Visaya 2(4): 57-62
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
Gastropods described in 2009
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