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Pour les francophiles







Gem Centre Sea Shell

Author : Michel Balleton


Terebra arabella Thièle, 1925

Une des Térèbres les plus rare de Polynésie française.

De petite taille, de couleur brun verdâtre son test ressemble à celui de T. nitida, mais ses côtes axiales bien marquées ainsi que les 2 ou trois lignes spirales bien visibles sur chaque tour ( absentes chez T. nitida ) l'en différencient clairement.

Une bande claire est délimitée entre la suture et la première ligne spirale.

Trouvée par plus de 30 mètres, sur fond de vase d'un lagon de la presqu'île de Tahiti.

Taille du spécimen illustré : 22mm

One of the rarest species from Polynesia.

It is small in size with a brown-greenish color and so, may look like T. Nitida, but its' highly marked axials ribs and the 2 to 3 well visible spiral lines on each whorl (not present on T. Nitida) can be easily identified.

A clear band is delimited between the suture and the first spiral line.

Usually found in a depth of more than 30 meters, on the lagoon's muddy bottom around the Tahitian peninsula.

Size of the displayed specimen : 22mm



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