Neoterebra variegata

Neoterebra variegata
Apertural view of a shell of Neoterebra variegata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Neoterebra
Species:	N. variegata
Binomial name
Neoterebra variegata (Gray, 1834)
Synonyms
Strioterebrum melia Pilsbry & H.N. Lowe, 1931 Terebra africana Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon Terebra hupei Lorois, 1857 Terebra melia Pilsbry, 1931 Terebra variegata Gray (original combination)

Neoterebra variegata, common name the variegated auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Baja California peninsula to Peru; off Galápagos Islands.

References

• 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.

External links

• Griffith, E. & Pidgeon, E. (1833-1834). The Mollusca and Radiata. Vol. 12, In: E. Griffith, [1824−1835, The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier, [...]. London: Whittaker and Co., viii + 601 pp., 61 pls. [1−138 (Date of publication according to Petit & Coan, 2008: pp 1–192, Mollusca pls. 1−39 - 1833; pp 193–601, pls. Zoophytes 2−20, Mollusca corrected pls. 28*, 36*, 37*, pls. 40-41 - 183 ]
• gastropods.com: Terebra (Variegata-group) variegata
• Fedosov, A. E.; Malcolm, G.; Terryn, Y.; Gorson, J.; Modica, M. V.; Holford, M.; Puillandre, N. (2020). Phylogenetic classification of the family Terebridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea). Journal of Molluscan Studies