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Terebra (Myurella) myuros

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae

Taxonomy
Terebra myuros was named by Lamarck (1822) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene-Recent; Indian Ocean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Terebra (Myurella) myuros by Hinds (1844), Vredenburg (1921).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Myurella binodosa, Myurella dislocata, Myurella protexta, Myurella woodwardiana, T. acuminata, T. acuticostata, T. albemarlensis, T. amabilis, T. andamanica, T. anomala, T. atorquatum, T. aulakoessa, T. babylon, T. babylonia, T. berlinae, T. bisulcata, T. cancellata, T. catinifera, T. cerithina, T. chlorata, T. cingulifera, T. colume, T. consobrina, T. consors, T. crenulata, T. cumingi, T. cumingii, T. dahanaensis, T. denotans, T. derbyi, T. dijki, T. dimidiata, T. dislocata, T. divisura, T. elenae, T. estaciana, T. evoluta, T. exbistriata, T. felina, T. flavescens, T. forchhammeri, T. formosana, T. frigata, T. funiculata, T. fuscata, T. gemmulata, T. gouldi, T. gracilenta, T. hanzawai, T. hectica, T. hemphilli, T. hiwanneensis, T. hoernesi, T. houstonia, T. ickei, T. issacpetiti, T. kilburnii, T. kueneni, T. loebbeckiana, T. lucana, T. luctuosa, T. marmarata, T. mirula, T. miyarensis, T. nanggulanensis, T. neglecta, T. nimbosa, T. nodularis, T. odopoia, T. orthocostulata, T. orthoplicata, T. pamotanensis, T. paraensis, T. pareoraensis, T. peasei, T. peramabilis, T. pereoa, T. pretiosa, T. promensis, T. pseudopertusa, T. sansebastiana, T. santacruzensis, T. senegalensis, T. shimajiriensis, T. sindangbaranensis, T. straminea, T. strigillata, T. subacuminata, T. subulatoidea, T. subulocacellense, T. suspensa, T. talahabensis, T. terebrina, T. tjilonganensis, T. torquata, T. triseriata, T. tuberosa, T. undulifera, T. unilineata, T. whitfieldi, T. woowardiana, T. xoci, T. zapotalensis, T. ziga, T. angsanana, T. duplicatum, T. smithi, T. protoduplicata, T. cinera, T. hastata, T. kerensis, T. vanualevensis, T. grabrielensis, T. mexia, T. mirula, T. polygyra, T. acuminata, T. cingulifera, T. acuminata, T. alveolata, T. butaciana, T. kueneni, T. pamotamensis, T. pamotanensis, T. pretiosa, T. progoensis, T. torquata, T. acuminata, T. unilineata, T. subsulcifera, T. argus, T. felina, T. interlineata, T. odopoia, T. unilineata, T. ballista, T. brassoensis, T. trinitatensis, T. armillata, T. carolinensis, T. chipolana, T. continuicosta, T. cracilenta, T. eskata, T. karikalensis, T. langdoni, T. neglecta, T. onslowensis, T. psesta, T. pupiformis, T. rabdota, T. robesonensis, T. torquata, T. vaca, T. vertebralis, T. vinosa, T. vredenburgi, T. zapotalensis, T. fuscata, T. acuminata, T. lingualis, T. neglecta, T. sokkohensis, T. sophiae, T. mirula, T. polygyra, T. divisura, T. cumingii, T. pereoa, T. prianganensis, T. triseriata
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2007-11-21; modified by A. Hendy on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Terebra myuros Lamarck p. 289
1844Terebra (Myurella) myuros Hinds p. 171
1921Terebra (Myurella) myuros Vredenburg p. 352

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTerebridaeMörch 1852
subfamilyTerebrinaeMörch 1852
genusTerebraHinds 1844
subgenusMyurella
speciesmyuros(Lamarck 1822)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:09:28
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:09:28
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 11.63000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Terebra myuros (70077 70100)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Terebra myuros (70105)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu Terebra myuros (78043)