Myurellopsis kilburni | |
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Shell of Myurellopsis kilburni | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Terebridae |
Genus: | Myurellopsis |
Species: | M. kilburni
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Binomial name | |
Myurellopsis kilburni (
Burch, 1965)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Myurellopsis kilburni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails. [1]
The species name kilburni honors the South African malacologist Richard Kilburn. [2]
Shells of Myurella kilburni can reach a length of 43 millimetres (1.7 in). [3] These shells are slender and show an ivory color with fulvous-brown or lavender-brown markings. [2]
This species can be found from South Africa to French Polynesia and Hawaii, at depth of 1 to 110 m. [2]
Myurellopsis kilburni | |
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Shell of Myurellopsis kilburni | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Terebridae |
Genus: | Myurellopsis |
Species: | M. kilburni
|
Binomial name | |
Myurellopsis kilburni (
Burch, 1965)
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Synonyms [1] | |
|
Myurellopsis kilburni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails. [1]
The species name kilburni honors the South African malacologist Richard Kilburn. [2]
Shells of Myurella kilburni can reach a length of 43 millimetres (1.7 in). [3] These shells are slender and show an ivory color with fulvous-brown or lavender-brown markings. [2]
This species can be found from South Africa to French Polynesia and Hawaii, at depth of 1 to 110 m. [2]