Terebra amanda

Terebra amanda
Apertural view of a shell of Terebra amanda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Terebra
Species:	T. amanda
Binomial name
Terebra amanda Hinds, 1844
Synonyms[1]
Dimidacus stramineus (Gray, 1967) Perirhoe melamans Iredale, T., 1929 Terebra albomarginata Deshayes, 1859 Terebra (Amanda-group) albomarginata Deshayes, G.P., 1859 Terebra straminea Gray, 1960 Terebra unicolor Preston, 1908

Terebra amanda, common name Amanda's auger, 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 25 mm and 95 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indo-Pacific and off New Guinea, the Philippines and the Solomons.

References

• Vine, P. (1986). Red Sea Invertebrates. Immel Publishing, London. 224 pp
• Bratcher T. & Cernohorsky W.O. (1987). Living terebras of the world. A monograph of the recent Terebridae of the world. American Malacologists, Melbourne, Florida & Burlington, Massachusetts. 240pp.
• Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & NaturalArt. 59pp + plates.
• Severns M. (2011) Shells of the Hawaiian Islands - The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp.

External links

• Gastropods.com: Terebra (Amanda-group) amanda

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