Impages apicitincta
Impages apicitincta | |
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Several views of a shell of Impages apicitincta | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Terebridae |
Genus: | Impages |
Species: | I. apicitincta |
Binomial name | |
Impages apicitincta (G.B. Sowerby III, 1900) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Impages apicitincta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 22 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off KwaZuluNatal, South Africa.
References
- 1 2 Impages apicitincta (G.B. Sowerby III, 1900). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 October 2012.
- Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp. page(s): 118
- Bratcher T. & Cernohorsky W.O. (1987). Living terebras of the world. A monograph of the recent Terebridae of the world. American Malacologists, Melbourne, Florida & Burlington, Massachusetts. 240pp.
- Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & NaturalArt. 59pp + plates.
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