Biology:Neoterebra biminiensis

Short description: Species of gastropod

Neoterebra biminiensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Neoterebra
Species:	N. biminiensis
Binomial name
Neoterebra biminiensis (Petuch, 1987)
Synonyms
Terebra (Strioterebrum) biminiensis Petuch, 1987 (basionym) Terebra biminiensis Petuch, 1987 (original combination)

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

Description

Original description: "Shell slender, elongated, with straight-sided whorls; whorls with 21-25 narrow, rounded axial ribs; ribs slightly curved, being bent toward aperture near suture, and straight on main body of whorl; deeply impressed sulcus below suture, producing wide subsutural band; subsutural band intersected by axial ribs, producing beaded effect; body whorl, subsutural band and spire whorls covered by numerous, fine, raised spiral threads; aperture long and narrow, produced anteriorward; shell color uniform pale pinkish tan; interior of aperture rose-pink with tan overtones."

Etymology

"Named for the Bimini Chain of islands, the Bahamas, the type locality."

Distribution

Locus typicus: "Nixon's Harbour, South Bimini Island,
Bimini Chain, Bahamas."

This marine species occurs off the Bahamas.

References

• Petuch E.J. (1987). New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 154 pp., 29 pls; addendum 2 pp., 1 pl.

External links

• 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 ☰ Q6784653 entry