Terebra anilis

Terebra anilis
Shell of Terebra anilis (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Terebra
Species:
T. anilis
Binomial name
Terebra anilis
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms
  • 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 species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.

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

Distribution

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

References

  1. 1 2 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Terebra anilis (Röding, 1798)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  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)

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