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Pellifronia jungi

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Pellifronia jungi
Shell of Pellifronia jungi (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Pellifronia
Species:
P. jungi
Binomial name
Pellifronia jungi
(K.-Y. Lai, 2001)
Synonyms[1]
  • Terebra jungi K.-Y. Lai, 2001 (original combination)

Pellifronia jungi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]

Description

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The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 63 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the East China Sea and in the Pacific Ocean off the Solomons and Papua New Guinea.

References

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  • 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
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  • "Pellifronia jungi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 8 May 2011.