Strioterebrum nitidum

Strioterebrum nitidum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Strioterebrum
Species: S. nitidum
Binomial name
Strioterebrum nitidum
Sacco, 1891
Synonyms[1]
  • Hastula nitida (Hinds, 1844)
  • Punctoterebra nitida (Hinds, 1844)
  • Terebra cernica G.B. Sowerby III, 1894
  • Terebra nitida Hinds, 1844
  • Terebra nitida var. sicoydes Melvill & Sykes, 1898
  • Terebra plicatella Deshayes, 1857

Strioterebrum nitidum, common name : the Shiny Pacific Auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]

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Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 19 mm and 45 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along East Africa and the Aldabra Atoll; in the Western Pacific Ocean.

References

  1. ^ a b Strioterebrum nitidum Sacco, 1891.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=438775 on 6 May 2011.

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