Duplicaria duplicata
Species of gastropod
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Duplicaria duplicata, commonly referred to as the duplicate auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Terebridae |
| Genus: | Duplicaria |
| Species: | D. duplicata |
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| Duplicaria duplicata | |
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 93 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea, in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar and Tanzania; off Japan and the Solomon Islands.
