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Terebralia palustris

Gastropoda - Potamididae

Taxonomy
Strombus palustris was named by Linnaeus (1767) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Indo-Pacific. COMMENTS: m. kosnik taxon no: 10452]. It is extant. It is the type species of Terebralia, Terebralia (Terebralia).

It was recombined as Cerithium palustris by Bruguiére (1792); it was recombined as Pyrazus palustris by Woodward (1879); it was recombined as Potamides (Terebralia) palustris by Sacco (1895), Martin (1899), Tesch (1915) and Koperberg (1931); it was recombined as Potamides palustris by Nardini (1933); it was recombined as Terebralia (Terebralia) palustris by Wissema (1947), Shuto (1978); it was recombined as Terebralia palustris by Swainson (1840), Jousseaume (1930), Adam and Leloup (1938), Van Regteren Altena (1942), van Benthem Jutting (1956), Spry (1968), Hoerle (1972), Cernohorsky (1972), Lindner (1976), Richards (1981), Springstein and Leobera (1986), Robba et al. (1989), Wilson (1993), Wilson (2002), Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Cerithium palustris Bruguiére
1840Terebralia palustris Swainson
1879Pyrazus palustris Woodward p. 498
1895Potamides (Terebralia) palustris Sacco p. 51
1899Potamides (Terebralia) palustris Martin p. 210
1915Potamides (Terebralia) palustris Tesch p. 57
1930Terebralia palustris Jousseaume p. 292
1931Potamides (Terebralia) palustris Koperberg p. 129
1933Potamides palustris Nardini p. 181
1938Terebralia palustris Adam and Leloup p. 100
1942Terebralia palustris Van Regteren Altena p. 15
1947Terebralia (Terebralia) palustris Wissema p. 47
1956Terebralia palustris van Benthem Jutting p. 444
1968Terebralia palustris Spry p. 10
1972Terebralia palustris Cernohorsky p. 61
1972Terebralia palustris Hoerle p. 20
1976Terebralia palustris Lindner p. 134
1978Terebralia (Terebralia) palustris Shuto p. 117
1981Terebralia palustris Richards p. 43
1986Terebralia palustris Springstein and Leobera p. 66
1989Terebralia palustris Robba et al. p. 75
1993Terebralia palustris Wilson p. 134
2002Terebralia palustris Wilson p. 102
2010Terebralia palustris Landau and Marques da Silva p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPotamididae(Adams and Adams 1854)
genusTerebraliaSwainson 1840
speciespalustris(Linnaeus 1767)

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.

Terebralia palustris Linnaeus 1767
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:14:03
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:14:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Japan (Kochi) Terebralia palustris (170023)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Indonesia Terebralia palustris (67971)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Eritrea Potamides palustris (101415)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Terebralia palustris (198587)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Tanzania Potamides palustris (101546)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Nauru Terebralia palustris (209723)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Terebralia palustris (192719 192720)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Potamides palustris (96786 96791 96795)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles Terebralia palustris (80964)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea Potamides palustris (101543)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Terebralia palustris (81098)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) Terebralia palustris (191983)