Species Oxymeris crenulata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Buccinum crenulatum Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10, 824 pp. [741].

  Type data:

   Lectotype.
• Buccinum varicosum Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3505].
• Terebra maculata Perry, G. 1811. Conchology, or the natural history of shells containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings, executed from the natural specimens and including the latest discoveries. London : W. Miller 4 pp., 62 pls. [pl.16, fig.2] [junior homonym; not Buccinum maculatum Linnaeus, 1758].
• Buccinum luteolum Chenu, J.C. 1845. Illustrations Conchyliologiques. Paris : Fortum & Masson Vol. 2. [p.25, pl.33, fig.1a] [Martyn ms].
• Terebra fimbriata Deshayes, G.P. 1857. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles du genre Terebra. Journal de Conchyliologie 6: 65-102, pls 3-5 [71].

  Type data:

   Lectotype.
• Terebra interlineata Deshayes, G.P. 1859. A general review of the genus Terebra and a description of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 27: 270-321 [277].

  Type data:

   Holotype 197998, "Hawaii".
• Terebra cenulata booleyi Melvill, J.C. & Sykes, E.R. 1898. Notes on a collection of marine shells from the Andaman Islands, with descriptions of new forms of Terebra. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 3: 35-48, pl. 3 [42, pl.3, fig.5] [as Terebra cenulata var. booleyi].

  Type data:

   Holotype 1848.4.40.1, "Andaman Islands".

 

Generic Combinations

• Terebra crenulata (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [225, pl. 51, fig. 18]
• Acus crenulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) [changed combination. Not followed herein because Acus is a homonym]. —
  Terryn, Y. 2007. A collectors guide to Recent Terebridae. Germany and Belgium : Conchbooks & NaturalArt 57 pp., 65 pls. [5]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific, from Red Sea to Mexico

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northeast Province (18), Timor Province (2), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Coarse sand, coral rubble, marine.

 

General References

Bratcher, T. & Cernohorsky, W.O. 1987. Living Terebras of the World. A Monograph of the Recent Terebridae of the World. Melbourne, Florida & Burlington : American Malacologists Inc. 240 pp. [41]

Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. [397]

Terryn, Y. & M. Holford 2008. The Terebridae of Vanuatu with a revision of the genus "Granuliterebra" Oyama, 1961. Visaya supplement 3: 1-118 [15-16, pl. 2, figs 8-10]

Wells, F.E. 1994. Marine Molluscs of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin (No. 410): 1-22

Wells, F.F., Bryce, C.W., Clark, J.E. & Hansen, G.M. 1990. Christmas Shells. The marine molluscs of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). Christmas Island: Australia : Christmas Island Natural History Association 98 pp., pls 1-81.

Willan, R.C. 2005. The molluscan fauna from the emergent reefs of the northernmost Sahul Shelf, Timor Sea - Ashmore, Cartier, Hibernia Reefs; biodiversity and zoogeography. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory Supplement 1: 51-81

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [225, pl. 51, fig. 18]

 

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [194, pl. 18, fig. 6] (Crenulated Auger)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	CONOIDEA	14-Mar-2013	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
01-Jun-2021		14-Feb-2012	MODIFIED
		15-Jul-2016	MODIFIED