Maculauger castigatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]
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| Shell of Maculauger castigata (specimen 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: | Maculauger |
| Species: | M. castigatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Maculauger castigatus (A.H. Cooke, 1885)
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 20 mm
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs in the Gulf of Suez.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Maculauger castigatus (A. H. Cooke, 1885). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1417643 on 2020-02-06
- Terryn Y. & Rosado J. (2016). Two new species of Hastulopsis (Gastropoda: Terebridae) from Oman and Somalia. Gloria Maris. 55(1): 3-8
External links
edit- Cooke A.H. (1885). Report on the testaceous Mollusca obtained during a dredging excursion in the Gulf of Suez in the months February and March 1869 by Robert MacAndrew. Republished, with additions and corrections. Part I. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 5, 15: 322-339
- 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
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