Punctoterebra lineaperlata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]
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| Shell of Punctoterebra lineaperlata (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Terebridae |
| Genus: | Punctoterebra |
| Species: | P. lineaperlata
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| Binomial name | |
| Punctoterebra lineaperlata (Terryn & Holford, 2008)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Myurella lineaperlata Terryn & Holford, 2008 (original combination) | |
Description edit
The length of the shell is between 12 and 50 mm. Early teleoconch whorls often with angled profile, later ones flattened.[2]
This species has flat marginal teeth, proboscis, radular sac and venom glands.[2][3]
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off Vanuatu.
References edit
- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Punctoterebra lineaperlata (Terryn & Holford, 2008). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1417608 on 2020-02-05
- ^ a b Fedosov, Alexander E; Malcolm, Gavin; Terryn, Yves; Gorson, Juliette; Modica, Maria Vittoria; Holford, Mandë; Puillandre, Nicolas (4 November 2019). "Phylogenetic classification of the family Terebridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 85 (4): 359–388. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyz004. hdl:11573/1681277. ISSN 0260-1230.
- ^ Modica, Maria Vittoria; Gorson, Juliette; Fedosov, Alexander E; Malcolm, Gavin; Terryn, Yves; Puillandre, Nicolas; Holford, Mandë (1 May 2020). Serb, Jeanne (ed.). "Macroevolutionary Analyses Suggest That Environmental Factors, Not Venom Apparatus, Play Key Role in Terebridae Marine Snail Diversification". Systematic Biology. 69 (3): 413–430. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syz059. ISSN 1063-5157. PMC 7164365. PMID 31504987.
- Terryn Y. & Holford M. (2008) The Terebridae of Vanuatu with a revision of the genus Granuliterebra, Oyama 1961. Visaya Supplement 3: 1-96.
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