Myurella pygmaea

Myurella pygmaea, common name the pygmy auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.^[1]

Myurella pygmaea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Myurella
Species:	M. pygmaea
Binomial name
Myurella pygmaea (Hinds, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
Terebra pygmaea Hinds, 1844 Terenolla pygmaea (Hinds, 1844) Turbonilla princeps Preston, 1905

Description

The length of the shell varies between 6 mm and 13 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the tropical Indo-Pacific and off New Zealand.