Myurella pygmaea

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| image = Terenolla pygmaea 001.jpg

| genus = Myurella

| species = pygmaea

| authority = (Hinds, 1844)

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| synonyms = * Terebra pygmaea Hinds, 1844

  • Terenolla pygmaea (Hinds, 1844)
  • Turbonilla princeps Preston, 1905

}}

Myurella pygmaea, common name the pygmy auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Myurella pygmaea (Hinds, 1844). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1417518 on 2020-02-02

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 13 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurs in the tropical Indo-Pacific and off New Zealand.

References

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  • 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
  • [http://www.molluscs.otago.ac.nz/ Spencer H.G., Willan R.C., Marshall B.A. & Murray T.J. (2011) Checklist of the Recent Mollusca Recorded from the New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone]