WoRMS taxon details
Terebralia palustris (Linnaeus, 1767)
AphiaID: 216725
AphiaID: 216725
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order) > Cerithioidea (Superfamily) > Potamididae (Family) > Terebralia (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Terebralia Swainson, 1840 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Potamides palustris (Linnaeus, 1767) | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Reid, D.G., Dyal, P., Lozouet, P., Glaubrecht, M. & Williams, S.T. (2008)
Mudwhelks and mangroves: the evolutionary history of an ecological
association (Gastropoda: Potamididae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
47: 680-699. [details] additional source: Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector’s Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp. page(s): 38 [details] from synonym: Dautzenberg, Ph. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises, III(fasc. 4). Société d'Editions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales: Paris. 321-636, plates IV-VII pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, brackish | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Aldabra [details] East Coast of South Africa [details] Funzi Island [details] Kenya [details] Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mida Creek [details] Mikindani Bay [details] Mozambique [details] Msambweni Reef [details] Mtwapa [details] Red Sea [details] South Mozambique [details] Tanzania [details] Tudor Creek [details] West Australia [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (12 nucleotides; 3 proteins) To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection | ||||||||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Habitat: mangrove forest Thick, heavy, conical shell with long pointed spire, up to 12cm. Whorls with strong axial ribs crossed by deeply incised spiral grooves. Colour dark brown. Habitat: upper eulittoral mud or in mangrove swamps. Distribution: Indo-Pacific. Regional names: Kis. Suka; Port. Fuso De areia. (Richmond, 1997). [details] | ||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216725 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Rosenberg, G. (2013). Terebralia palustris (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216725 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||||||||
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