Punctoterebra nitida

Punctoterebra nitida, common name : the Shiny Pacific Auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.^[1]

Punctoterebra nitida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Punctoterebra
Species:	P. nitida
Binomial name
Punctoterebra nitida (Hinds, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
Hastula nitida (Hinds, 1844) Strioterebrum nitidum (Hinds, 1844) Terebra cernica G.B. Sowerby III, 1894 Terebra longiscata Deshayes, 1859 (original combination) Terebra nitida Hinds, 1844 Terebra nitida var. sicoydes Melvill & Sykes, 1898 Terebra plicatella Deshayes, 1857

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 19 mm and 45 mm.

Distribution

This species is distributed in the Indian Ocean along East Africa and the Aldabra Atoll; in the Western Pacific Ocean.