Duplicaria dussumierii

Duplicaria dussumieri, common name Dussumier's auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]

Duplicaria dussumierii
Apertural view of a shell of Duplicaria dussumierii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Terebridae
Genus:
Duplicaria
Species:
D. dussumieri
Binomial name
Duplicaria dussumieri
(Kiener, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Duplicaria dussumieri [sic] (misspelling)
  • Terebra dussumieri [sic] (misspelling)
  • Terebra dussumierii Kiener, 1839

Description

The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 112 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Indonesia, China, Japan and Korea

References
  1. Duplicaria dussumieri (Kiener, 1839) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 January 2012.
  • "Duplicaria dussumierii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.


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