Biology:Euterebra lightfooti

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Euterebra lightfooti
Euterebra lightfooti (NHMUK 1899.9.9.2-S).jpg
Lectotype in the Natural History Museum, London[1]
J Conchology Vol9 Pl5 Fig1.png
Illustration accompanying Edgar Albert Smith's original 1899 description
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Euterebra
Species:
E. lightfooti
Binomial name
Euterebra lightfooti
(E.A. Smith, 1899)
Synonyms[3]
  • Terebra (Abretia) lightfooti E.A. Smith, 1899[2]

Euterebra lightfooti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[3]

Description

Distribution

It is found in Table Bay, Cape Point, Brown's Bank, False Bay,[4] and Saldanha Bay,[5] South Africa. The type locality is Table Bay.[2]

References

  1. Salvador, Andreia; Pickering, Joan (2017). "Type catalogue of Terebridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, U.K.". Zootaxa 4250 (2): 124. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4250.2.1. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Smith, Edgar A. (1899). "Descriptions of New Species of South African Marine Shells". The Journal of Conchology 9 (8): 247. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31787988; Pl. 5, Fig. 1. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Euterebra lightfooti (E.A. Smith, 1899). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 April 2010.
  4. Barnard, K. H. (1958). "Contributions to the knowledge of South African Marine Mollusca. Part I. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa". Annals of the South African Museum 44: 79. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40862943. 
  5. Barnard, K. H. (1969). "Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part VI. Supplement". Annals of the South African Museum 47 (4): 596. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40854995. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5414424 entry