Terebra

Terebra is a genus of small to large-sized predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]

Terebra
Terebra spp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Terebra
Bruguière, 1789
Type species
Buccinum subulatum
Linnaeus, 1767
Synonyms[1]
  • Cinguloterebra Oyama, 1961
  • Dimidacus Iredale, 1929
  • Myurellina Bartsch, 1923
  • Noditerebra Cossmann, 1896
  • Nototerebra Cotton, 1947
  • Panaterebra Olsson, 1967
  • Paraterebra Woodring, 1928
  • Subula Schumacher, 1817
  • Terebrina Bartsch, 1923 (Invalid: junior homonym of Terebrina Rafinesque, 1815; Dimidacus is a replacement name)
  • Terebrum Montfort, 1810
  • Vertagus Link, 1807

Species in this genus do not possess a radula.

Species

Species in the genus Terebra include:[1][2][3]

Nomen dubium
  • Terebra bicincta Hinds, 1844
  • Terebra tuberosa Hinds, 1844
  • Terebra violascens Hinds, 1844
Uncertain status
Terebra inversa, a fossil gastropod from Pliocene deposits near Antwerp.

Synonyms

This list is incomplete

References

  1. Terebra Bruguière, 1789 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 September 2010.
  2. "Terebra". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
  4. Terryn, Y. (2010). Perirhoe circumcincta (Deshayes, 1857). In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=438755 on 2010-05-19
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