Myurella amoena

Myurella amoena
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Myurella
Species:	M. amoena
Binomial name
Myurella amoena (Deshayes, 1859)
Synonyms[1]
Hastulopsis amoena (Deshayes, 1859) Terebra amoena Deshayes, 1859

Myurella amoena 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 22 mm and 56 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea; off Andamans, Hawaii and Papua New Guinea

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Myurella amoena (Deshayes, 1859). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1417438 on 2020-02-02

External links

• Deshayes G.P. (1859). A general review of the genus Terebra, and a description of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 27: 270-321
• 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