Clathroterebra mactanensis

Clathroterebra mactanensis
Apertural view of a shell of Clathroterebra mactanensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Clathroterebra
Species: C. mactanensis
Binomial name
Clathroterebra mactanensis
(Bratcher & Cernohorsky, 1982)
Synonyms[1]

Terebra mactanensis Bratcher & Cernohorsky, 1982

Clathroterebra mactanensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 45 mm and 81 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Mactan Island, Cebu, Philippines

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clathroterebra mactanensis.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 3/21/2013. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.