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Gradaterebra lightfooti

Species of gastropod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gradaterebra lightfooti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[2]

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Gradaterebra lightfooti
Shell of Gradaterebra lightfooti lectotype in the Natural History Museum, London[1]
Illustration accompanying Edgar Albert Smith's original 1899 description
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Gradaterebra
Species:
G. lightfooti
Binomial name
Gradaterebra lightfooti
(E.A. Smith, 1899)
Synonyms[2]
  • Euterebra lightfooti (E. A. Smith, 1899)
  • Terebra lightfooti E. A. Smith, 1899 (original combination[3])
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Distribution

It is found in Table Bay, Cape Point, Brown's Bank, False Bay,[4] and Saldanha Bay,[5] South Africa. The type locality is Table Bay.[3]

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