''Terebra eximia'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Terebridae, the auger snails.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Terebra eximia Deshayes, 1859. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=447482 on 2020-01-29]
Description
Distribution
References
* Bratcher, T., 1977. ''Deshayes' terebrid types in Ecole des Mines, Paris.'' The Nautilus 91(2): 39-42
* 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.
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: 270-321Fedosov, 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 StudiesMNHN, Paris: specimen
Terebridae
Gastropods described in 1859
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