Maculauger minipulcher

Maculauger minipulcher
Shell of Maculauger minipulcher (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. minipulcher
Binomial name
Maculauger minipulcher Bozzetti, 2008[1]
Synonyms[2]
Hastulopsis minipulchra (Bozzetti, 2008) Myurella minipulchra Bozzetti, 2008 (basionym)

Maculauger minipulcher is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[2]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 7 mm and 20 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Southern Madagascar.

References

1. Bozzetti (2008). Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 58 (1) : 3-4. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 7 April 2010.
2. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Maculauger minipulcher (Bozzetti, 2008). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1417644 on 2020-02-06

• Bozzetti L. (2008) Two new Terebridae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Terebridae) from Southern Madagascar. Malacologia Mostra Mondiale 58: 3-4
• Terryn Y. & Rosado J. (2011) Further terebrid discoveries from Mozambique. Gloria Maris 50(6): 140-152

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