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Terebra cingulifera

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Species of gastropod

Terebra cingulifera
A shell of Terebra cingulifera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Terebra
Species: T. cingulifera
Binomial name
Terebra cingulifera
Lamarck, 1822
Synonyms

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

Description

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

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (October 2012)

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. ^ Terebra cingulifera Lamarck, 1822. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 October 2012.
  • Bratcher T. & Cernohorsky W.O. (1987). Living terebras of the world. A monograph of the recent Terebridae of the world. American Malacologists, Melbourne, Florida & Burlington, Massachusetts. 240pp
  • Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & NaturalArt. 59pp + plates.
  • Steyn, D. G.; Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
Museum specimens

External links

Media related to Terebra cingulifera at Wikimedia Commons

Taxon identifiers
Terebra cingulifera


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