Gradaterebra lightfooti

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| image = Euterebra lightfooti (NHMUK 1899.9.9.2-S).jpg

| image_caption = Shell of Gradaterebra lightfooti lectotype in the Natural History Museum, London

| image2 = J Conchology Vol9 Pl5 Fig1.png

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| image2_caption = Illustration accompanying Edgar Albert Smith's original 1899 description

| genus = Gradaterebra

| species = lightfooti

| authority = (E.A. Smith, 1899)

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| synonyms =

  • Euterebra lightfooti (E. A. Smith, 1899)
  • Terebra lightfooti E. A. Smith, 1899 (original combination)

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Gradaterebra lightfooti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gradaterebra lightfooti (E. A. Smith, 1899). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1416775 on 2020-01-27

Distribution

It is found in Table Bay, Cape Point, Brown's Bank, False Bay, and Saldanha Bay, South Africa. The type locality is Table Bay.

References

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{{cite journal|last1=Smith|first1=Edgar A.|title=Descriptions of New Species of South African Marine Shells|journal=Journal of Conchology|date=1899|volume=9|issue=8|page=247|doi=10.5962/p.405610 |url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31787988|postscript=; }} [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31788140 Pl. 5], Fig. 1.

{{cite journal|last1=Salvador|first1=Andreia|last2=Pickering|first2=Joan|title=Type catalogue of Terebridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, U.K.|journal=Zootaxa|date=2017|volume=4250|issue=2|page=124|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4250.2.1|pmid=28610023 }}

{{cite journal|last1=Barnard|first1=K. H.|title=Contributions to the knowledge of South African Marine Mollusca. Part I. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa|journal=Annals of the South African Museum|volume=44|date=1958|page=79|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40862943}}

{{cite journal|last1=Barnard|first1=K. H.|title=Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part VI. Supplement|journal=Annals of the South African Museum|date=1969|volume=47|issue=4|page=596|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40854995}}

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