Duplicaria dussumierii

Duplicaria dussumierii, common name Dussumier's auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]

Duplicaria dussumierii
Five views of a shell of Duplicaria dussumierii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Duplicaria
Species:
D. dussumierii
Binomial name
Duplicaria dussumierii
(Kiener, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Duplicaria dussumieri [sic] (misspelling)
  • Terebra dussumieri [sic] (misspelling)
  • Terebra dussumierii Kiener, 1839

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 112 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Indonesia, China, Japan and Korea

References

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  1. ^ Duplicaria dussumieri (Kiener, 1839). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 15 January 2012.
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  • "Duplicaria dussumierii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.