Myurella pygmaea
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| image = Terenolla pygmaea 001.jpg
| genus = Myurella
| species = pygmaea
| authority = (Hinds, 1844)
| 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]
External links
- [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30680127 Hinds R.B. (1844 ["1843"]). Descriptions of new shells, collected during the voyage of the Sulphur, and in Mr. Cuming's late visit to the Philippines. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 11: 149-159]
- [https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyz004 Fedosov, A. E.; Malcolm, G.; Terryn, Y.; Gorson, J.; Modica, M. V.; Holford, M.; Puillandre, N. (2020). Phylogenetic classification of the family Terebridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea). Journal of Molluscan Studies]
- {{Gastropods.com|key=1|id=6511|title=Terenolla pygmaea|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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Category:Gastropods described in 1844
Category:Taxa named by Richard Brinsley Hinds
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