Neoterebra variegata

Neoterebra variegata, common name the variegated auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.^[1]

Neoterebra variegata
Apertural view of a shell of Neoterebra variegata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Neoterebra
Species:	N. variegata
Binomial name
Neoterebra variegata (Gray, 1834)
Synonyms[1]
Strioterebrum melia Pilsbry & H.N. Lowe, 1931 Terebra africana Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon Terebra hupei Lorois, 1857 Terebra melia Pilsbry, 1931 Terebra variegata Gray (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from Baja California peninsula to Peru; off Galápagos Islands.