Terebra pertusa

Terebra pertusa
Five views of a shell of Terebra pertusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Terebra
Species: T. pertusa
Binomial name
Terebra pertusa
(Born, 1778)
Synonyms
  • Buccinum pertusum Born, 1778 (original combination)
  • Hastulopsis pertusa pertusa (Born, 1778)

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

There is one subspecies : Terebra pertusa milely Bozzetti, 2001

Description

The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 115 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra and the Mascarene Basin.

References

  1. Terebra pertusa (Born, 1778).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 October 2011.
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