Duplicaria costellifera

Duplicaria costellifera, common name Thaanum's auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, subfamily Pervicaciinae, the auger snails.^[1]

Duplicaria costellifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Duplicaria
Species:	D. costellifera
Binomial name
Duplicaria costellifera (Pease, 1869)
Synonyms[1]
Acus thaanumi (Pilsbry, 1921) Duplicaria thaanumi Pilsbry, 1921 Oxymeris costellifera (Pease, 1869) Terebra costellifera Pease, 1869 (original combination) Terebra thaanumi Pilsbry, 1921

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 33.8 mm and 95 mm.

Distribution

This species is found in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii.