Neoterebra pacei
Neoterebra pacei | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Terebridae |
Genus: | Neoterebra |
Species: | N. pacei |
Binomial name | |
Neoterebra pacei (Petuch, 1987) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Neoterebra pacei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]
Description
Original description: "Shell elongated, with distinctly concave whorls; last whorl elongated, with rounded and tapered base; aperture elongated; whorls ornamented with 21-24 large, evenly-spaced axial ribs; subsutural band well-developed, projecting beyond outline of shell, producing concave appearance to whorls; axial ribs extend onto subsutural band, producing evenly-spaced, oval-shaped beads; axial ribs overlaid with numerous large, raised spiral threads; subsutural smooth, without threads; shell color pale lilac purple with scattered, large reddish-brown axial flames; base of shell darker purple; columella and siphonal canal brown; protoconch and early whorls dark purple-brown; interior of aperture white."[2]
Distribution
Locus typicus: "Nixon's Harbour, South Bimini Island, Bimini Chain, Bahamas."[3]
References
- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Neoterebra pacei (Petuch, 1987). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1416703 on 26 January 2020
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, pages 56, 57. Publ: CERF
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 56. Publ: CERF
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
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