Neoterebra acrior

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

Neoterebra acrior
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Neoterebra
Species:
N. acrior
Binomial name
Neoterebra acrior
(Dall, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
  • Terebra acrior Dall, 1889 (original combination)
  • Terebra limatula var. acrior Dall, 1889 (basionym)

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off Puerto Rico.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Neoterebra acrior (Dall, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1415962 on 2020-01-19
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  • Terryn Y. (2011) A new species, a lost type and its forgotten name and more terebrid discoveries in the Caribbean (Gastropoda: Terebridae). Novapex 12(3-4): 63–72.
  • Garcia, E. F. 2012. Terebra limatula Dall,1889 and T. acrior Dall, 1889 (Gastropoda: Terebridae); two problematic taxa from the western Atlantic. Zootaxa 3328: 66-68


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