Duplicate Auger
Duplicaria duplicata
- Usual depth22–60 m
- Water temperature15–29 °C
- Best monthsJune, July, and September
- How commonRare
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About this species
Duplicaria duplicata, commonly referred to as the duplicate auger, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Duplicaria duplicata”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 6 records
- February: 5 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 7 records
- May: 3 records
- June: 14 records
- July: 9 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 11 records
- October: 6 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 5 records
Depth and water temperature
Depth
Mostly recorded at 22–60 m · Deepest record: 59.5 m
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 15–29 °C
Photos
(c) Cheryl Stinchcomb, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
no rights reserved · CC0 1.0 · iNaturalist 
(c) Cheryl Stinchcomb, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Duplicate Auger
Names in 2 more languages
- Japanese
- トクサモドキ
- Simplified Chinese
- 雙層筍螺
Other scientific names: Buccinum duplicatum, Diplomeriza duplicata, Noditerebra duplicata, Terebra duplicata, Vertagus duplicatus
Similar species
- Big Auger
Oxymeris maculata
- Chocolate spotted auger
Terebra subulata
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 172 open-data records from 1903 to 2012.
- Species data updated October 26, 2026.
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