Duplicaria costellifera

Duplicaria costellifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Duplicaria
Species:	D. costellifera
Binomial name
	Duplicaria costellifera; (Pease, 1869)
Synonyms
	Acus thaanumi (Pilsbry, 1921); Duplicaria thaanumi Pilsbry, 1921; Oxymeris costellifera (Pease, 1869); Terebra costellifera Pease, 1869 (original combination); Terebra thaanumi Pilsbry, 1921;

Duplicaria costellifera, common name Thaanum's auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, subfamily Pervicaciinae, the auger snails.^[1]

Description[]

The size of an adult shell varies between 33.8 mm and 95 mm.

Distribution[]

This species is found in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii.

References[]

^ ^a ^b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Duplicaria costellifera (Pease, 1869). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1415822 on 2020-01-20

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

External links[]

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[WoRMS-1] MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Duplicaria costellifera (Pease, 1869). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1415822 on 2020-01-20

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