Terenolla

Terenolla
Terenolla pygmaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Terenolla
Iredale, 1929
Synonyms
  • Terebra pygmaea Hinds, 1844 (basionym)
  • Turbonilla princeps Preston, 1905

Terenolla is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]

Species

Species within the genus Terenolla include:

Distribution

This marine species occurs off New Zealand and in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin.

References

  1. ↑ Terenolla Iredale, 1929.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 April 2012.
  2. ↑ Terenolla pygmaea (Hinds, 1844).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 13 April 2010.
  • 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.
  • Spencer, H.; Marshall. B. (2009). All Mollusca except Opisthobranchia. In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp


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