| Pellifronia jungi | |
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| Shell of Pellifronia jungi (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Terebridae |
| Genus: | Pellifronia |
| Species: | P. jungi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pellifronia jungi (K.-Y. Lai, 2001) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pellifronia jungi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 63 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the East China Sea and in the Pacific Ocean off the Solomons and Papua New Guinea.
References
- 1 2 Pellifronia jungi (Lai, 2001). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 May.
- Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & NaturalArt. 59pp + plates
- Terryn Y. & Holford M. (2008) The Terebridae of Vanuatu with a revision of the genus Granuliterebra, Oyama 1961. Visaya Supplement 3: 1-96
External links
- "Pellifronia jungi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
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