Punctoterebra ballina

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

Punctoterebra ballina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Punctoterebra
Species:
P. ballina
Binomial name
Punctoterebra ballina
(Hedley, 1915)
Synonyms[1]
  • Duplicaria ballina Hedley, 1915
  • Strioterebrum ballina (Hedley, 1915)
  • Terebra ballina (Hedley, 1915)

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 34 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is distributed from Southern Queensland to New South Wales, Australia.

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
  • "Strioterebrum ballinum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 5 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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