Myurella parkinsoni

Myurella parkinsoni
Apertural view of Myurella parkinsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Myurella
Species: M. parkinsoni
Binomial name
Myurella parkinsoni
(Cernohorsky & Bratcher, 1976)
Synonyms[1]

Terebra parkinsoni Cernohorsky & Bratcher, 1976

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 52 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off East Africa and the Mascarene Basin; in the Pacific Ocean off Fiji and the Philippines.

References

  1. 1 2 Myurella parkinsoni (Cernohorsky & Bratcher, 1976).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 October 2012.
  • 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.
  • Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & NaturalArt. 59pp + plates.


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