Profunditerebra brazieri

Profunditerebra brazieri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]

Profunditerebra brazieri
Apertural view of a shell of Profunditerebra brazieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Profunditerebra
Species:
P. brazieri
Binomial name
Profunditerebra brazieri
(Angas, 1871)
Synonyms[1]
  • Acuminia brazieri (Angas, 1932)
  • Terebra brazieri Angas, 1871

Description

The length of the shell varies between 20 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New South Wales and South Australia; off Tasmania

References

  • 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.
  • "Hastula brazieri". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Angas G.F. (1871) Description of thirty-four new species of shells from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1871: 13–21, pl. 1
  • 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


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.