- Duplicaria tristis
Taxobox
name = "Duplicaria tristis"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Mollusca
classis =Gastropoda
subclassis =Orthogastropoda
superordo =Caenogastropoda
ordo =Sorbeoconcha
subordo =Hypsogastropoda
infraordo =Littorinimorpha
cohort =Neogastropoda
superfamilia =Conoidea
familia =Terebridae
genus = "Duplicaria "
species = "D. circumcincta"
binomial = "Duplicaria tristis"
binomial_authority = (Deshayes, 1859)
synonyms = "Pervicacia tristis" Rudman, 1969"Duplicaria tristis" is a
species of seasnail , a marinegastropod mollusk in the familyTerebridae , the auger snails.Distribution
This species is endemic to
New Zealand .Habitat
This auger is found in fine sand down to depths of 70 m.
hell description
The shell is small, slender, subulate, with regular arcuate axial ribs.
The shell coloration is chocolate, with a pale yellow spiral band just above the suture. Dredged shells are often pinkish-buff above but reddish-brown on the base.
The shell height is up to 22 mm, and the maximum width is 7.5 mm.
Anatomy
Members of this genus have a
radula which has simple, curved, non-barbed marginal teeth.External links
* Powell A. W. B., "New Zealand Mollusca", William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand
1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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