Profunditerebra orientalis

Profunditerebra orientalis
Shell of Profunditerebra orientalis (specimen at MNHN. Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Profunditerebra
Species:	P. orientalis
Binomial name
Profunditerebra orientalis (Aubry, 1999)
Synonyms
Myurella orientalis (Aubry, 1999) Terebra orientalis Aubry, 1999 (original combination)

Profunditerebra orientalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.

Description

The length of the shell attains 35.5 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Caledonia and Papua New Guinea.

References

• Aubry U. (1999) Nuove terebre e antichi versi. Ancona: L'Informatore Piceno. 47 pp.

External links

• 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
• MNHN, Paris: holotype

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