Punctoterebra lineaperlata

Punctoterebra lineaperlata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.^[1]

Punctoterebra lineaperlata
Shell of Punctoterebra lineaperlata (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Punctoterebra
Species:	P. lineaperlata
Binomial name
Punctoterebra lineaperlata (Terryn & Holford, 2008)
Synonyms[1]
Myurella lineaperlata Terryn & Holford, 2008 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell is between 12 and 50 mm. Early teleoconch whorls often with angled profile, later ones flattened.^[2]

This species has flat marginal teeth, proboscis, radular sac and venom glands.^[2][3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Vanuatu.