''Terebellum'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s,
marine gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
Mollusca is a phylum of protostomic invertebrate animals, whose members are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 76,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized, making it the second-largest animal phylum after Arthropoda. The ...
s in the
family
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Seraphsidae
Seraphsidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the superfamily Stromboidea
The Stromboidea, originally named the Strombacea by Rafinesque in 1815, is a superfamily of medium-sized to very large sea ...
, the Terebellum conchs.
Species
Species within the genus ''Terebellum'' include:
* † ''
Terebellum cinctum''
K. Martin, 1916
* ''
Terebellum delicatum''
(Kuroda, T. & Kawamoto, 1956)
* ''
Terebellum hubrechti''
(Poppe, G.T. & S.P. Tagaro, 2016
* † ''
Terebellum humilispirum''
Raven, 2021
* † ''
Terebellum koeneni''
Marquet, Lenaerts & Laporte, 2016
* † ''
Terebellum olympiae''
Rolando, 2001
* † ''
Terebellum papilliferum''
K. Martin, 1916
* ''
Terebellum simoni''
Dekkers, S. J. Maxwell & Congdon, 2019
* ''
Terebellum terebellum
''Terebellum terebellum'', common name the Terebellum conch, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Seraphsidae, the true conchs.
Description
''T. terebellum'' is a very active animal that can quickly bury itself in ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1767)
;Species brought into synonymy:
* † ''Terebellum chilophorum''
Cossmann, 1889: synonym of † ''
Seraphs chilophorus''
(Cossmann, 1889) (
superseded combination)
* † ''Terebellum convolutum''
Lamarck, 1803: synonym of † ''
Seraphs convolutus''
(Lamarck, 1803) (original combination)
* ''Terebellum cylindrarium''
(Pallas, 1766) : synonym of ''
Nereis cylindraria''
Pallas, 1766
* † ''Terebellum eratoides''
Cossmann, 1889: synonym of † ''
Miniseraphs eratoides''
(Cossmann, 1889) (superseded combination)
* † ''Terebellum isabella''
Deshayes, 1865: synonym of † ''
Miniseraphs isabella''
(Deshayes, 1865) (superseded combination)
* ''Terebellum lineatum''
Röding, 1798 : synonym of ''Terebellum terebellum''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Terebellum maculosum''
A. Adams, 1848: synonym of ''Terebellum subulatum''
Lamarck, 1811: synonym of ''Terebellum terebellum''
(Linnaeus, 1758) (junior synonym)
* † ''Terebellum olivaceum''
Cossmann, 1889: synonym of † ''
Seraphs olivaceus''
(Cossmann, 1889) (superseded combination)
* ''Terebellum punctulatum''
Röding, 1798 : synonym of ''Terebellum terebellum''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
* ''Terebellum striatum''
Koenen, 1889 † : synonym of ''Terebellum koeneni''
Marquet, Lenaerts & Laporte, 2016 † (invalid: junior homonym of ''Terebellum striatum''
Tuomey & Holmes, 1857; ''T. koeneni'' is a replacement name)
* ''Terebellum subulatum''
Lamarck, 1811 : synonym of ''Terebellum terebellum''
(Linnaeus, 1758)
References
* Walls, J.G. (1980). ''Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae''. T.F.H. Publications Ltd, Hong Kong.
External links
Lamarck [J.B.P.A. de M. de]. ([1798]). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature, Mollusques Testacés. Part 21 [Livraison 64, 29 April 1798]: pls. 287–390 , Paris: H. Agasse Gistel, Johannes [Nepomuk Franz Xaver]. (1848). Naturgeschichte des Tierreichs: für höhere Schulen. [text book]. 1–216, i–xvi, Plates 1–32. Stuttgart. Scheitlin & KraisRafinesque, C. S. (1815). Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés. [Book]. 1–224, (self-published) Palermo
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