Pellifronia jungi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]
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| Shell of Pellifronia jungi (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Terebridae |
| Genus: | Pellifronia |
| Species: | P. jungi
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| Pellifronia jungi (K.-Y. Lai, 2001)
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Description edit
The size of an adult shell varies between 30 mm and 63 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the East China Sea and in the Pacific Ocean off the Solomons and Papua New Guinea.
References edit
- ^ a b Pellifronia jungi (Lai, 2001). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 May.
- Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & NaturalArt. 59pp + plates
- Terryn Y. & Holford M. (2008) The Terebridae of Vanuatu with a revision of the genus Granuliterebra, Oyama 1961. Visaya Supplement 3: 1-96
External links edit
- "Pellifronia jungi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
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