Pellifronia jungi
Appearance
Pellifronia jungi | |
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Shell of Pellifronia jungi (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Terebridae |
Genus: | Pellifronia |
Species: | P. jungi
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Binomial name | |
Pellifronia jungi (K.-Y. Lai, 2001)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Pellifronia jungi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]
Description
[edit]The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 63 mm.
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Distribution
[edit]This species occurs in the East China Sea and in the Pacific Ocean off the Solomons and Papua New Guinea.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Pellifronia jungi (Lai, 2001). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 May.
- Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & NaturalArt. 59pp + plates
- Terryn Y. & Holford M. (2008) The Terebridae of Vanuatu with a revision of the genus Granuliterebra, Oyama 1961. Visaya Supplement 3: 1-96
External links
[edit]- "Pellifronia jungi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
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