Punctoterebra nitida

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
	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]

Description

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

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

Taylor, J.D. (1973). Provisional list of the mollusca of Aldabra Atoll.
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

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