Punctoterebra nitida

Punctoterebra nitida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Punctoterebra
Species:	P. nitida
Binomial name
Punctoterebra nitida (Hinds, 1844)
Synonyms
Hastula nitida (Hinds, 1844) Strioterebrum nitidum (Hinds, 1844) Terebra cernica G.B. Sowerby III, 1894 Terebra longiscata Deshayes, 1859 (original combination) Terebra nitida Hinds, 1844 Terebra nitida var. sicoydes Melvill & Sykes, 1898 Terebra plicatella Deshayes, 1857

Punctoterebra nitida, common name : the Shiny Pacific Auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.

Description

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding missing information. (May 2011)

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

Distribution

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

References

• 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

External links

• Gaqstropods.com : Strioterebrum nitidum; accessed : 6 May 2011
• 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

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