Terebra cingulifera

Terebra cingulifera
A shell of Terebra cingulifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Terebra
Species: T. cingulifera
Binomial name
Terebra cingulifera
Lamarck, 1822
Synonyms[1]

Terebra cingulifera, common name the ringed auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 39 mm and 101 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mauritius, Madagascar, Aldabra and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific off the Tuamotus

References

  1. 1 2 Terebra cingulifera Lamarck, 1822.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 October 2012.
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