Terebra anilis

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Terebra anilis
Shell of Terebra anilis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
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 anilis (Röding, 1798)
  • Terebra serotina A. Adams & Reeve, 1850

Terebra anilis is a

mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]

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

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. ^ a b 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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