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

Terebra
Terebra spp.
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Domain: Eukaryota
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
  • Perirhoe (Dimidacus) Iredale, 1929
  • Paraterebra Woodring, 1928
  • Subula Schumacher, 1817
  • Terebra (Dimidacus) Iredale, 1929
  • Terebra (Subula) Schumacher, 1817
  • Terebra (Triplostephanus) Dall, 1908
  • Terebrina Bartsch, 1923 (Invalid: junior homonym of Terebrina Rafinesque, 1815; Dimidacus is a replacement name)
  • Terebrum Montfort, 1810
  • Triplostephanus Dall, 1908
  • Vertagus Link, 1807

Species in this genus do not possess a radula.

Species

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

Nomen dubium
  • Terebra bicincta Hinds, 1844
  • Terebra dispar Deshayes, 1859
  • Terebra tuberosa Hinds, 1844
  • Terebra violascens Hinds, 1844
Uncertain status
 
Terebra maculata shell
 
Terebra inversa, a fossil gastropod from Pliocene deposits near Antwerp.

Synonyms

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This list is incomplete

References

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  1. ^ a b c d 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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