Punctoterebra contracta
Appearance
Punctoterebra contracta | |
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Shell of Punctoterebra contracta (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Terebridae |
Genus: | Punctoterebra |
Species: | P. contracta
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Binomial name | |
Punctoterebra contracta (Smith, 1873)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Punctoterebra contracta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]
Description
[edit]![]() | This section is empty. You can help by adding to it. (April 2010) |
Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea.
References
[edit]- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Punctoterebra contracta (E. A. Smith, 1873). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1416058 on 2020-01-23
External links
[edit]- Smith, E. A. (1873). Remarks on a few species belonging to the family Terebridae, and descriptions of several new forms in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 4, 11: 262-271
- 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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