Terebra consobrina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]

Terebra consobrina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Terebra
Species:
T. consobrina
Binomial name
Terebra consobrina
Deshayes, 1857

Description edit

The size of an adult shell varies between 70 mm and 135 mm.

Distribution edit

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and Mauritius.

References edit

  • Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & NaturalArt. 59pp + plates

External links edit

  • "Terebra consobrina". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  • Deshayes, G. P. (1857). Description d'espèces nouvelles du genre Terebra. Journal de Conchyliologie. 6 (1): 65-102.
  • 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. 85(4): 359-388