Neoterebra biminiensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]
| Neoterebra biminiensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Terebridae |
| Genus: | Neoterebra |
| Species: | N. biminiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Neoterebra biminiensis (Petuch, 1987)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
editOriginal description: "Shell slender, elongated, with straight-sided whorls; whorls with 21-25 narrow, rounded axial ribs; ribs slightly curved, being bent toward aperture near suture, and straight on main body of whorl; deeply impressed sulcus below suture, producing wide subsutural band; subsutural band intersected by axial ribs, producing beaded effect; body whorl, subsutural band and spire whorls covered by numerous, fine, raised spiral threads; aperture long and narrow, produced anteriorward; shell color uniform pale pinkish tan; interior of aperture rose-pink with tan overtones."[2]
Etymology
edit"Named for the Bimini Chain of islands, the Bahamas, the type locality."[3]
Distribution
editLocus typicus: "Nixon's Harbour, South Bimini Island,
Bimini Chain, Bahamas."[4]
This marine species occurs off the Bahamas.
References
edit- ^ a b {MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Neoterebra biminiensis (Petuch, 1987). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1415976 on 2020-01-19
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 56. Publ: CERF
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 56. Publ: CERF
- ^ Petuch, E.J. 1987-New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas, page 56. Publ: CERF
- Petuch E.J. (1987). New Caribbean Molluscan Faunas. Charlottesville, Virginia: The Coastal Education and Research Foundation. 154 pp., 29 pls; addendum 2 pp., 1 pl.
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