| Punctoterebra plumbea | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Punctoterebra plumbea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Terebridae |
| Genus: | Punctoterebra |
| Species: | P. plumbea |
| Binomial name | |
| Punctoterebra plumbea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) | |
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Punctoterebra plumbea, common name : the lead-coloured auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 13 mm and 25 mm.
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Distribution
This species occurs in the tropical Indo-West Pacific and off the Philippines, Hawaii, Papua New Guinea and the Solomons.
References
- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Punctoterebra plumbea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1417611 on 2020-02-06}
- 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
External links
- Quoy J.R.C. & Gaimard J.P. (1832-1835). Voyage de découvertes de l'"Astrolabe" exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie. 1: i-l, 1-264; 2(1): 1-321 [1832]; 2(2): 321-686 [1833]; 3(1): 1-366 [1834]; 3(2): 367-954 [1835]; Atlas (Mollusques): pls 1-93 [1833]. Paris: Tastu
- Pease W. H. (1869). Description of new species of marine Gasteropodæ inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology. 5: 64-79
- "Strioterebrum plumbeum". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 7 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
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Strioterebrum plumbeum | |
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