Myurella undulata

Myurella undulata
Apertural view of a shell of Myurella undulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Myurella
Species: M. undulata
Binomial name
Myurella undulata
(Gray, 1834)
Synonyms[1]
  • Terebra undulata Gray, 1834
  • Terebra undulata var. laevior Schepman, 1913

Myurella undulata, common name the undulate auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 60 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Persian Gulf, in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar, Aldabra and Chagos; in the Pacific Ocean off New Guinea, Hawaii and Fiji.

References

  1. 1 2 Myurella undulata (Gray, 1834).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 October 2012.

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