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

Duplicaria brevicula
Shell of Duplicaria brevicula (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Duplicaria
Species:
D. brevicula
Binomial name
Duplicaria brevicula
(Deshayes, 1859)
Synonyms[1]
  • Euterebra brevicula (Deshayes, 1859)
  • Terebra brevicula Deshayes, 1859
  • Terebra gruveli Dautzenberg, 1912

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Namibia.

References

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  • Bouchet, P., 1983. Les Terebridae de l'Atlantique oriental. Bollettino Malacologico 18: 185-216
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