Punctoterebra contracta

Punctoterebra contracta
Shell of Punctoterebra contracta (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Punctoterebra
Species:
P. contracta
Binomial name
Punctoterebra contracta
(Smith, 1873)
Synonyms
  • Myurella contracta Smith, 1873 (original combination)
  • Terebra contracta (E. A. Smith, 1873)

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Papua New Guinea.