title: Neoterebra pacei
text: # Neoterebra pacei
  
  Neoterebra pacei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.
  
  ## Description
  
  Original description: "Shell elongated, with distinctly concave whorls; last whorl elongated, with rounded and tapered base; aperture elongated; whorls ornamented with 21-24 large, evenly-spaced axial ribs; subsutural band well-developed, projecting beyond outline of shell, producing concave appearance to whorls; axial ribs extend onto subsutural band, producing evenly-spaced, oval-shaped beads; axial ribs overlaid with numerous large, raised spiral threads; subsutural smooth, without threads; shell color pale lilac purple with scattered, large reddish-brown axial flames; base of shell darker purple; columella and siphonal canal brown; protoconch and early whorls dark purple-brown; interior of aperture white."
  
  ## Distribution
  
  Locus typicus: "Nixon's Harbour, South Bimini Island, Bimini Chain, Bahamas."
  
  