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Pour les francophiles







Gem Centre Sea Shell

Author : Michel Balleton


Terebra amanda (Hinds, 1844)

N'est connue pour l'instant que des îles de la Société, la taille moyenne des spécimens est de 25 mm, régulièrement récoltée de nuit à partir de 25 mètres.

De couleur brun clair, l'espèce est caractérisée par une double rangée sous-suturale de nodules blancs. Ces derniers sont plus nombreux et plus petits sur la partie inférieure de la suture.

Elle vit enfouie profondément dans le sable. L'animal est de couleur blanc crème. Son opercule est translucide.

Taille du spécimen illustré : 29mm


It is only known, for instance, in the Society Islands. The average lenght of the specimens is around 25mm and is regularly collected at night in 25 meters of water.

This species has a light brown color with a subsutural band of double row made of nodes. These nodes are more numerous and smaller on the inferior part of the suture.

It lives deeply burrowed in the sand. The animal is creamy white and its operculum is translucent.

Size of the displayed specimen : 29mm



 


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