Terebra anilis

Terebra anilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]

Terebra anilis
shell of Terebra anilis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Terebridae
Genus:
Terebra
Species:
T. anilis
Binomial name
Terebra anilis
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cinguloterebra anilis (Röding, 1798)
  • Cinguloterebra serotina (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
  • Dimidacus stramineus (Gray, 1834)
  • Epitonium anile Röding, 1798 (original combination)
  • Epitonium cancellatum Röding, 1798
  • Terebra rubrobrunnea Preston, 1908
  • Terebra serotina A. Adams & Reeve, 1850
  • Terebra straminea Gray, 1834

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 111 mm.

(Original description) The narrowly subulate shell is reddish brown. It contains 21 very flat whorls. These are sculptured with oblique, rather closely set transverse costae interrupted by spiral striae and two crenate sutural bands, the upper of which is much the broader. The sutures are scarcely impressed. The columella descendis in a curve, extending into a thick, projecting callus which joins the lip above. The peristome is sinuous and slightly reflexed. The aperture is narrowly ovate. The siphonal canal is short and recurved [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Central Indo-West Pacific.

References
  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Terebra anilis (Röding, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=447405 on 2020-01-29
  2. Preston, H. B. "Descriptions of new species of land, marine and freshwater shells from the Andaman Islands." Records of the Indian Museum 2.2 (1908): 187-210 (described as Terebra rubrobrunnea)
  • Bratcher T. & Cernohorsky W.O. (1987). Living terebras of the world. A monograph of the recent Terebridae of the world. American Malacologists, Melbourne, Florida & Burlington, Massachusetts. 240pp
  • Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
  • Kilburn, R.N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan South Africa, Johannesburg, xi + 249 pp.
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