Maculauger castigatus

Maculauger castigatus
Shell of Maculauger castigata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Maculauger
Species:	M. castigatus
Binomial name
Maculauger castigatus (A.H. Cooke, 1885)
Synonyms[1]
Granuliterebra castigata (A. H. Cooke, 1885) Hastulopsis castigata (A. H. Cooke, 1885) Terebra castigata A.H. Cooke, 1885

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Suez.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Maculauger castigatus (A. H. Cooke, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1417643 on 2020-02-06

• Terryn Y. & Rosado J. (2016). Two new species of Hastulopsis (Gastropoda: Terebridae) from Oman and Somalia. Gloria Maris. 55(1): 3-8

External links

• Cooke A.H. (1885). Report on the testaceous Mollusca obtained during a dredging excursion in the Gulf of Suez in the months February and March 1869 by Robert MacAndrew. Republished, with additions and corrections. Part I. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 5, 15: 322-339
• 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