Triplostephanus hoaraui

Triplostephanus hoaraui
Apertural view of a shell of Triplostephanus hoaraui
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Triplostephanus
Species: T. hoaraui
Binomial name
Triplostephanus hoaraui
(Drivas & Jay, 1998)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cinguloterebra hoaraui (Drivas & Jay, 1988)
  • Terebra hoaraui Drivas & Jay, 1988

Triplostephanus hoaraui is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 56 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off RĂ©union, Japan, the Philippines and the Marquesas

References

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