Teremitra efatensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramimitridae, the mitre snails.[1]
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| Shell of Teremitra efatensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Mitroidea |
| Family: | Pyramimitridae |
| Genus: | Teremitra |
| Species: | T. efatensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Teremitra efatensis (Aubry, 1999)
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| Synonyms | |
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Terebra efatensis Aubry, 1999 (original combination) | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 11 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Vanuatu
References
edit- ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Teremitra efatensis (Aubry, 1999). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=746709 on 2020-02-03
- Aubry U. (1999) Nuove terebre e antichi versi. Ancona: L'Informatore Piceno. 47 pp.
- Kantor Y., Lozouet P., Puillandre N. & Bouchet P. (2014) Lost and found: The Eocene family Pyramimitridae (Neogastropoda) discovered in the Recent fauna of the Indo-Pacific. Zootaxa 3754(3): 239–276