Pellifronia jungi

Pellifronia jungi
Shell of Pellifronia jungi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Pellifronia
Species:
P. jungi
Binomial name
Pellifronia jungi
(K.-Y. Lai, 2001)
Synonyms[1]
  • Terebra jungi K.-Y. Lai, 2001 (original combination)

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

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 63 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the East China Sea and in the Pacific Ocean off the Solomons and Papua New Guinea.

References

  1. ^ a b Pellifronia jungi (Lai, 2001). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 May.
  • Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & NaturalArt. 59pp + plates
  • Terryn Y. & Holford M. (2008) The Terebridae of Vanuatu with a revision of the genus Granuliterebra, Oyama 1961. Visaya Supplement 3: 1-96
  • "Pellifronia jungi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
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