Terebralia semistriata

Terebralia semistriata, common name the striate mud creeper, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae.[1]

Terebralia semistriata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Potamididae
Genus: Terebralia
Species:
T. semistriata
Binomial name
Terebralia semistriata
(Mörch, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Cerithium semistriatum Mörch, O.A.L. 1852
  • Cerithium semitrisulcatum Sowerby, G.B. 1855
  • Potamides (Terebralia) semitrisulcatus (Mörch, 1852).
  • Pyrazus semitrisulcatum (Sowerby G.B., 1855).
  • Strombus semistriatus Röding, 1798

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 75 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs also in intertidal flats, mangroves, mud-silt off Papua New Guinea and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).

 
Terebralia semistriata

References

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  • Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp.
  • Mörch, O.A.L. 1852. Catalogus Conchyliorum quae reliquit d. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi, regis daniae cubiculariorum princeps, ordinis dannebrogici in prima classe & ordinis caroli Tertii eques. Part 1. Cephalophora. Copenhagen : Hafinae Vol. 1 170 pp.
  • Sowerby, G.B. 1855. Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 2(16) 847–899, pls 176–186.
  • Sowerby, G.B. 1865. Monograph of the genus Pyrazus. Reeve's manuscript. pl. 1 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 15.
  • Tryon, G.W. (ed.) 1887. Solariidae, Ianthinidae, Trichotropidae, Scalariidae, Cerithiidae, Rissoidae, Littorinidae. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : G.W. Tryon Vol. 9 488 pp., 71 pls.
  • Houbrick, R.S. 1991. Systematic review and functional morphology of the mangrove snails Terebralia and Telescopium (Potamididae; Prosobranchia). Malacologia 33(1): 289-338
  • Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
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  • "Terebralia semistriata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.