Neoterebra pacei
Species of gastropod
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Neoterebra pacei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]
| Neoterebra pacei | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Terebridae |
| Genus: | Neoterebra |
| Species: | N. pacei |
| Binomial name | |
| Neoterebra pacei (Petuch, 1987) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
Original description: "Shell elongated, with distinctly concave whorls; last whorl elongated, with rounded and tapered base; aperture elongated; whorls ornamented with 21-24 large, evenly-spaced axial ribs; subsutural band well-developed, projecting beyond outline of shell, producing concave appearance to whorls; axial ribs extend onto subsutural band, producing evenly-spaced, oval-shaped beads; axial ribs overlaid with numerous large, raised spiral threads; subsutural smooth, without threads; shell color pale lilac purple with scattered, large reddish-brown axial flames; base of shell darker purple; columella and siphonal canal brown; protoconch and early whorls dark purple-brown; interior of aperture white."[2]
Distribution
Locus typicus: "Nixon's Harbour, South Bimini Island, Bimini Chain, Bahamas."[3]
