Biology:Myurella amoena
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Short description: Species of gastropod
Myurella amoena | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Terebridae |
Genus: | Myurella |
Species: | M. amoena
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Binomial name | |
Myurella amoena (Deshayes, 1859)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Myurella amoena 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 22 mm and 56 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea; off Andamans, Hawaii and Papua New Guinea
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Myurella amoena (Deshayes, 1859). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1417438 on 2020-02-02
External links
- Deshayes G.P. (1859). A general review of the genus Terebra, and a description of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 27: 270-321
- 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
Wikidata ☰ Q5680622 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myurella amoena.
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