WoRMS name details
Terebra dimidiata (Linnaeus, 1758)
208077 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208077)
unaccepted
Species
- Variety Terebra dimidiata var. circumvoluta Dautzenberg, 1935 accepted as Oxymeris dimidiata (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Variety Terebra dimidiata var. pallida Dautzenberg, 1935 accepted as Oxymeris dimidiata (Linnaeus, 1758)
marine
(of Buccinum dimidiatum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Description Shell as T. crenulata, up to 13 cm, but lacking distinct grooves and nodules. Colour characteristically orange to red with...
Description Shell as T. crenulata, up to 13 cm, but lacking distinct grooves and nodules. Colour characteristically orange to red with thin, wavy, pale lines. Habitat: in sand in shallow waters. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Terebra dimidiata (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208077 on 2025-05-04
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Buccinum dimidiatum Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record 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. [details]
[request]basis of record 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. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
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. [details]
Other
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 259. [details]
[request]additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). <i>Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods</i>. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 259. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Shell as T. crenulata, up to 13 cm, but lacking distinct grooves and nodules. Colour characteristically orange to red with thin, wavy, pale lines. Habitat: in sand in shallow waters. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. (Richmond, 1997). [details]
