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Terebra subulata

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae

Taxonomy
Buccinum subulatum was named by Linnaeus (1767) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Indo-Pacific.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Terebra, Terebra (Terebra).

It was recombined as Terebra subulatum by Bruguiére (1789) and Lamarck (1799); it was recombined as Terebra (Terebra) subulatum by Woodring (1928); it was recombined as Terebra subulata by Kosnik (2002) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Buccinum subulatum Linnaeus
1767Buccinum subulatum Linnaeus
1789Terebra subulatum Bruguiére
1799Terebra subulatum Lamarck p. 71
1928Terebra (Terebra) subulatum Woodring p. 135
2010Terebra subulata Landau and Marques da Silva p. 113

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTerebridaeMörch 1852
subfamilyTerebrinaeMörch 1852
genusTerebraBruguière 1789
speciessubulata(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.

Terebra subulata Linnaeus 1767
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 08:57:07
Modified: 2009-03-16 13:34:28
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu Terebra subulata (78043)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Terebra subulata (88886)