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Neoterebra acrior

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Neoterebra acrior
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Neoterebra
Species:
N. acrior
Binomial name
Neoterebra acrior
(Dall, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
  • Terebra acrior Dall, 1889 (original combination)
  • Terebra limatula var. acrior Dall, 1889 (basionym)

Neoterebra acrior is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]

Description

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Distribution

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This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off Puerto Rico.

References

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  1. ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Neoterebra acrior (Dall, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1415962 on 2020-01-19
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  • Terryn Y. (2011) A new species, a lost type and its forgotten name and more terebrid discoveries in the Caribbean (Gastropoda: Terebridae). Novapex 12(3-4): 63–72.
  • Garcia, E. F. 2012. Terebra limatula Dall,1889 and T. acrior Dall, 1889 (Gastropoda: Terebridae); two problematic taxa from the western Atlantic. Zootaxa 3328: 66-68
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