''Filodrillia teres'' is a species of

sea snail Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...

, a marine

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

mollusk in the family

Borsoniidae Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Borsoniidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.o ...

.WoRMS (2015). Filodrillia teres Laseron, 1954. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433816 on 2016-03-07

Description

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria.

References

* Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1-56, pls 1-12. {{Taxonbar, from=Q10282351

teres Teres may refer to: Anatomy: * Teres major muscle, a muscle of the upper limb; one of seven scapulohumeral muscles * Teres minor muscle, a narrow, elongated muscle of the rotator cuff * Pronator teres muscle, a muscle located mainly in the human f ...

Gastropods of Australia Gastropods described in 1954