Punctoterebra lineaperlata

Punctoterebra lineaperlata
Shell of Punctoterebra lineaperlata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Punctoterebra
Species:
P. lineaperlata
Binomial name
Punctoterebra lineaperlata
(Terryn & Holford, 2008)
Synonyms[1]

Myurella lineaperlata Terryn & Holford, 2008 (original combination)

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

Description

The length of the shell is between 12 and 50 mm. Early teleoconch whorls often with angled profile, later ones flattened.[2]

This species has flat marginal teeth, proboscis, radular sac and venom glands.[2][3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Vanuatu.

References

  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Punctoterebra lineaperlata (Terryn & Holford, 2008). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1417608 on 2020-02-05
  2. ^ a b Fedosov, Alexander E; Malcolm, Gavin; Terryn, Yves; Gorson, Juliette; Modica, Maria Vittoria; Holford, Mandë; Puillandre, Nicolas (4 November 2019). "Phylogenetic classification of the family Terebridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 85 (4): 359–388. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyz004. hdl:11573/1681277. ISSN 0260-1230.
  3. ^ Modica, Maria Vittoria; Gorson, Juliette; Fedosov, Alexander E; Malcolm, Gavin; Terryn, Yves; Puillandre, Nicolas; Holford, Mandë (1 May 2020). Serb, Jeanne (ed.). "Macroevolutionary Analyses Suggest That Environmental Factors, Not Venom Apparatus, Play Key Role in Terebridae Marine Snail Diversification". Systematic Biology. 69 (3): 413–430. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syz059. ISSN 1063-5157. PMC 7164365. PMID 31504987.
  • Terryn Y. & Holford M. (2008) The Terebridae of Vanuatu with a revision of the genus Granuliterebra, Oyama 1961. Visaya Supplement 3: 1-96.


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