Punctoterebra plumbea

Punctoterebra plumbea, common name : the lead-coloured auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.^[1]

Punctoterebra plumbea
Apertural view of a shell of Punctoterebra plumbea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Terebridae
Genus:	Punctoterebra
Species:	P. plumbea
Binomial name
Punctoterebra plumbea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833)
Synonyms[1]
Hastula plumbea (Quoy & Gaimard, 1964) Strioterebrum plumbeum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) Terebra assimilis Pease, 1871 Terebra bourguignati Deshayes, 1859 Terebra castaneofusca Thiele, 1925 Terebra clappi Pilsbry, 1921 Terebra contigua Pease, 1871 Terebra hoffmeyeri Abbott, 1952 Terebra plumbea Quoy & Gaimard, 1833

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 13 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the tropical Indo-West Pacific and off the Philippines, Hawaii, Papua New Guinea and the Solomons.