Teremitra efatensis explained

Teremitra efatensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramimitridae, the mitre snails.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Vanuatu

References

• 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

External links

• MNHN, Paris: holotype

Notes and References

1. 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