Duplicaria duplicata

Duplicaria duplicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Duplicaria
Species: D. duplicata
Binomial name
Duplicaria duplicata
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms[1]
  • Buccinum duplicatum Linnaeus, 1758
  • Diplomeriza duplicata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Myurella duplicatoides Bartsch, 1923
  • Noditerebra duplicata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Terebra duplicata (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Terebra lamarckii Kiener, 1839
  • Terebra reevei Deshayes, 1857
  • Vertagus duplicatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Duplicaria duplicata, common name the duplicate auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 93 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and Tanzania; off Japan and the Solomon Islands.

References

  1. 1 2 Duplicaria duplicata (Linnaeus, 1758).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 April 2010.

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