Profunditerebra orientalis
Profunditerebra orientalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]
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| Shell of Profunditerebra orientalis (specimen at MNHN. Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Terebridae |
| Genus: | Profunditerebra |
| Species: | P. orientalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Profunditerebra orientalis (Aubry, 1999) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The length of the shell attains 35.5 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea.
References
- MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Profunditerebra orientalis (Aubry, 1999). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1417509 on 2020-02-05
- Aubry U. (1999) Nuove terebre e antichi versi. Ancona: L'Informatore Piceno. 47 pp.
External links
- 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
- MNHN, Paris: holotype
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