Biology:Myurellopsis parkinsoni

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Myurellopsis parkinsoni
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Myurellopsis parkinsoni
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Myurellopsis
Species:
M. parkinsoni
Binomial name
Myurellopsis parkinsoni
(Cernohorsky & Bratcher, 1976)
Synonyms[1]
  • Myurella parkinsoni (Bratcher & Cernohorsky, 1976)
  • Terebra parkinsoni Cernohorsky & Bratcher, 1976

Myurellopsis parkinsoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 52 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off East Africa and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean off Fiji and the Philippines .

References

  • 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


Wikidata ☰ Q6785926 entry