| Strioterebrum swainsoni | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Terebridae |
| Genus: | Strioterebrum |
| Species: | S. swainsoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Strioterebrum swainsoni (Deshayes, 1859) |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Terebra inflexa alta Tinker, 1958 |
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Strioterebrum swainsoni, common name : Swainson's Auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]
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The size of an adult shell varies between 10 mm and 54 mm.
This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along South Africa and in the Pacific Ocean along Hawaii and Tahiti.