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Terebra

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae

Taxonomy

Terebra was named by Bruguière (1789) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is extant. Its type is Buccinum subulatum.

It was assigned to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Terebridae by Martin (1904), Woodring (1928), Mukerjee (1939), Gardner (1948), Olsson and Harbison (1953), DuBar (1958), MacNeil (1960), Olsson (1964), Olsson (1967), Woodring (1970), Ladd (1982), Kensley and Pether (1986), Ward (1992), Wilson (1994), Todd (2001), Harzhauser (2004), Harzhauser (2007) and Wienrich and Janssen (2007); and to Terebrinae by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Species

Myurella aiyengari, Myurella katchhensis, Myurella quettensis, Myurella reticulata, Subula (Oxymeris), T. (Acus) benthalis, T. (Acus) curvilineata, T. (Acus) curvilirata, T. (Acus) sincera, T. (Diplomeriza), T. (Microtrypetes), T. (Mirula), T. (Myurella) aspera, T. (Myurella) birmanica, T. (Myurella) euglyptica, T. (Myurella) hornelli, T. (Myurella) indica, T. (Myurella) kyudawonensis, T. (Myurella) martini, T. (Myurella) myuros, T. (Myurella) oldhami, T. (Myurella) promensis, T. (Myurella) protomyuros (syn. Strioterebrum bicinctum), T. (Myurella) tipperi, T. (Myurella) trizonata, T. (Myurella) wadiai, T. (Myurellina), T. (Oreoterebra), T. (Panaterebra), T. (Paraterebra), T. (Subula) cossmanni, T. (Subula) noetlingi, T. (Terebra), T. (Triplostephanus), T. aclinica, T. affinis, T. amitra, T. areolata, T. bicincta, T. bipartita, T. burckhardti, T. canalis, T. canisaxi, T. conspersa, T. costaricensis, T. coxi, T. dalabeensis, T. eleuthria, T. estrellana, T. gedrosiana, T. herklotsi, T. hochstetteri, T. inornata, T. insulae, T. inversa, T. jacksonensis, T. javana, T. juvenicostata, T. kilburni, T. laudata, T. lepta, T. maculata, T. mekranica, T. modesta, T. narica, T. nebulosa, T. negritensis, T. niauensis, T. oligomitra, T. paucistriata, T. pedroana, T. perturrita, T. petiti, T. protexta, T. pumbriensis, T. santana, T. scalarina, T. spei, T. subtessellata, T. subulata, T. succincta, T. texagyra, T. textilis (syn. T. exigua), T. tjidamarensis, T. travancorensis, T. undulata, T. unilineatum

Species lacking formal opinion data

T. amabilis, T. anomala, T. atorquatum, T. aulakoessa, T. babylon, T. brassoensis, T. cingulifera, T. colume, T. denotans, T. derbyi, T. eskata, T. estaciana, T. felina, T. formosana, T. hanzawai, T. hiwanneensis, T. lucana, T. odopoia, T. orthoplicata, T. paraensis, T. peramabilis, T. psesta, T. pupiformis, T. rabdota, T. straminea, T. tantula, T. tantula, T. torquata, T. torquata, T. trinitatensis, T. vaca, T. variegata, T. xoci, T. zapotalensis

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Synonyms

Myurella was named by Hinds (1844) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 158]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Terebra (Myurella) by Cossmann (1913), Dey (1961), Ladd (1982) and van den Hoek Ostende et al. (2002); it was synonymized subjectively with Terebra by Hendy (2007).

It was assigned to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Terebra by Cossmann (1913), Dey (1961), Ladd (1982) and van den Hoek Ostende et al. (2002).
Subula was named by Schumacher (1817) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R Sepkoski's reference number: 614]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Terebra (Subula) by Vredenburg (1921); it was synonymized subjectively with Terebra by Hendy (2007).

It was assigned to Terebra by Vredenburg (1921); to Terebridae by Marasti (1973); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).
Terebra (Acus) was named by Adams (1854).

It was reranked as Acus by Dall (1889); it was synonymized subjectively with Terebra by Hendy (2007).

It was assigned to Terebridae by Dall (1889); and to Terebra by Adams (1854) and Dall (1895).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1789	Terebra Bruguière
1817	Subula Schumacher
1844	Myurella Hinds
1854	Terebra (Acus) Adams
1889	Acus Dall p. 63
1895	Terebra (Acus) Dall p. 1035
1904	Terebra Martin p. 137
1913	Terebra (Myurella) Cossmann p. 13
1921	Terebra (Subula) Vredenburg p. 281
1928	Terebra Woodring p. 135
1939	Terebra Mukerjee p. 72
1948	Terebra Gardner p. 275
1953	Terebra Olsson and Harbison p. 167
1958	Terebra DuBar p. 184
1960	Terebra MacNeil p. 125
1961	Terebra (Myurella) Dey
1964	Terebra Olsson p. 75
1967	Terebra Olsson p. 12
1970	Terebra Woodring p. 403
1973	Subula Marasti p. 98
1982	Terebra Ladd p. 81
1982	Terebra (Myurella) Ladd p. 84
1986	Terebra Kensley and Pether p. 197
1992	Terebra Ward p. 136
1994	Terebra Wilson p. 222
2001	Terebra Todd
2002	Myurella Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Subula Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Terebra Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Terebra (Myurella) van den Hoek Ostende et al. p. 78
2004	Terebra Harzhauser p. 142
2007	Terebra Harzhauser
2007	Terebra Wienrich and Janssen p. 725
2010	Terebra Landau and Marques da Silva p. 113

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
—	Schizocoela
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Prosobranchia	Milne-Edwards 1848
superorder	Caenogastropoda	Cox 1959
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Conoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Terebridae	Mörch 1852
subfamily	Terebrinae	Mörch 1852
genus	Terebra	Bruguière 1789

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.

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available