Biology:Myurella affinis

Short description: Species of gastropod

Myurella affinis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Myurella
Species:	M. affinis
Binomial name
Myurella affinis (Gray, 1834)
Synonyms
Decorihastula affinis Okutani, 1975 Terebra affinis Gray, 1834 Terebra affinis affinis Salvat & Rives, 1984 Terebra affinis puncticulata Salvat & Rives, 1984 Terebra flava Gray, 1834 Terebra peasii Deshayes, 1859 Terebra puncticulata Deshayes, 1859 Terebra striata Quoy & Gaimard, 1833 (junior homonym of Terebra striata Basterot, 1825)

Myurella affinis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.

References

• Bratcher, T., 1977. Deshayes' terebrid types in Ecole des Mines, Paris. The Nautilus 91(2): 39–42
• Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & Natural Art. 59 pp + plates.
• Severns, M. (2011). Shells of the Hawaiian Islands – The Sea Shells. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 564 pp

External links

• Gray, J. E. (1834). Enumeration of the species of Terebra, with characters of many hitherto undescribed. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1834) 2: 59–63
• Deshayes, G. P. (1859). A general review of the genus Terebra, and a description of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. (1859) 27: 270–321
• 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.
• 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. 85(4): 359–388

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