Terebra circumcincta

Taxobox
name = "Terebra circumcincta"


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Mollusca
classis = Gastropoda
subclassis = Orthogastropoda
superordo = Caenogastropoda
ordo = Sorbeoconcha
subordo = Hypsogastropoda
infraordo = Littorinimorpha
cohort = Neogastropoda
superfamilia = Conoidea
familia = Terebridae
genus = "Terebra"
species = "T. circumcincta"
binomial = "Terebra circumcincta"
binomial_authority = Deshayes, 1857

"Terebra circumcincta" is a species of medium-sized, predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.

Distribution

This species is found in the western Pacific: in northern Australia, New Caledonia, and the North Island of New Zealand.

hell description

The shell has almost flat-sided whorls, sculptured with punctate deeply incised spiral grooves.

The shell coloration is ivory, with a spiral series of rusty-brown dots.

The shell height is up to 38 mm, and maximum width is 8 mm.

External links

* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1