Species Terebellum terebellum (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Conus terebellum 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 Edn., 824 pp. [718, no. 284].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 388, not known.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Jung, P. & Abbott, R.T. 1967. The genus Terebellum (Gastropoda: Strombidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(7): 445-454 [453].

  Type locality references:

  Jung, P. & Abbott, R.T. 1967. The genus Terebellum (Gastropoda: Strombidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(7): 445-454 [453].

  Secondary source:

   Jung, P. & Abbott, R.T. 1967. The genus Terebellum (Gastropoda: Strombidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(7): 445-454 [449].
• Terebellum punctatum Chemnitz, J.H. 1788. Neues systematisches Conchylien - Cabinet. Nürnberg : G.N. Raspe Vol. 10 pp. 1-376, pls 137-173, figs 1271-1692. [124, pl. 146, figs 1362, 1363] [non-binomial].

  Secondary source:

   Jung, P. & Abbott, R.T. 1967. The genus Terebellum (Gastropoda: Strombidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(7): 445-454 [452].
• Terebellum nebulosum Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [135, pt. 2] [refers to Bulla terebellum Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae. Stockholm: 1185 and Lister, M. 1685. Historiae sive synopsis methodicae conchyliorum. 2 volumes. London. (1685-1682).: pl. 736, fig. 30].

  Secondary source:

   Jung, P. & Abbott, R.T. 1967. The genus Terebellum (Gastropoda: Strombidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(7): 445-454 [452].
• Terebellum lineatum Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [135, pt. 2] [refers to Bulla terebellum Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae. Stockholm: 1185 and Lister, M. 1685. Historiae sive synopsis methodicae conchyliorum. 2 volumes. London. (1685-1682): pl. 736, fig. 31].

  Secondary source:

   Jung, P. & Abbott, R.T. 1967. The genus Terebellum (Gastropoda: Strombidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(7): 445-454 [452].
• Terebellum punctulorum Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [135, pt. 2] [refers to Lister, M. 1685. Historiae sive synopsis methodicae conchyliorum. 2 volumes. London. (1685-1682), pl. 737, fig. 32].

  Secondary source:

   Jung, P. & Abbott, R.T. 1967. The genus Terebellum (Gastropoda: Strombidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(7): 445-454 [452].
• Terebellum terebra Bosc, L.A.G. 1801. Histoire naturelle des coquilles. Paris : Deterville Vols 1–5. [72, pl. 38, fig. 7] [refers to Bulla terebellum Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae. Stockholm: 1185 and to Lister, M. 1685. Historiae sive synopsis methodicae conchyliorum. 2 volumes. London. (1685-1682): pl. 736, figs 30, 31].

  Secondary source:

   Jung, P. & Abbott, R.T. 1967. The genus Terebellum (Gastropoda: Strombidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(7): 445-454 [452].
• Terebellum variegatum Link, H.F. 1807. Beschreibung der Naturalien Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Rostock : Alders Erben. [6 parts with no volume description; pp.1-50, 51-100, 101-165, 1-30, 1-38, 1-38] [99] [refers to Conus terebellum Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema Naturae, seu per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Holmiae: Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1(2) pp. 533–1327 + index: 718, no. 284].

  Secondary source:

   Jung, P. & Abbott, R.T. 1967. The genus Terebellum (Gastropoda: Strombidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(7): 445-454 [452].
• Terebellum album Link, H.F. 1807. Beschreibung der Naturalien Sammlung der Universität zu Rostock. Rostock : Alders Erben. [6 parts with no volume description; pp.1-50, 51-100, 101-165, 1-30, 1-38, 1-38] [99].

  Secondary source:

   Jung, P. & Abbott, R.T. 1967. The genus Terebellum (Gastropoda: Strombidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(7): 445-454 [452].
• Terebellum sabulatum Montfort, P.D. de 1810. Conchyliologie Systematique, et Classification Methodique des Coquilles. Paris : F. Schoell Tome 2 676 + 16 pp. [379] [as Terebellum sabulatum [sic.]].

  Secondary source:

   Jung, P. & Abbott, R.T. 1967. The genus Terebellum (Gastropoda: Strombidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(7): 445-454 [452].
• Terebellum subulatum Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1810. Suite de la détermination des espêces de mollusques testacés. Continuation du genre Porcellaine et des genres Ovula, Tarrière, Ancillaire, et Olive. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 16: 89-114, 195-222, 300-328 [301] [refers to Lister, M. 1685. Historiae sive synopsis methodicae conchyliorum. 2 volumes. London. (1685-1682): pl. 736, figs. 30, 31; pl. 737, fig. 32, and to others].

  Secondary source:

   Jung, P. & Abbott, R.T. 1967. The genus Terebellum (Gastropoda: Strombidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(7): 445-454 [452].
• Terebellum spirale 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. 37, fig. 2].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, eastern oceans.

  Type locality references:

  Jung, P. & Abbott, R.T. 1967. The genus Terebellum (Gastropoda: Strombidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(7): 445-454 [452].

  Secondary source:

   Jung, P. & Abbott, R.T. 1967. The genus Terebellum (Gastropoda: Strombidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(7): 445-454 [452].
• Terebellum terebellum delicatum Kuroda, T & Kawamoto, T. 1961. Title unknown. In, Habe, T. (ed.). Coloured Illustrations of the Shells of Japan. Osaka : Hoikusha Vol. 2 xii + 183 + 42 pp., 66 pl. [38, pl. 17, fig. 1].

  Secondary source:

   Jung, P. & Abbott, R.T. 1967. The genus Terebellum (Gastropoda: Strombidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(7): 445-454 [453].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Jung, P. & Abbott, R.T. 1967. The genus Terebellum (Gastropoda: Strombidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(7): 445-454 [452]

 

Generic Combinations

• Terebellum terebellum (Linnaeus, 1758). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [160, pl. 21, figs 16a-c]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

In sand, in sandy mud, marine, mud-silt, sand bottom, silt bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

Between coral, rock or algal patches

 

General References

Jung, P. & Abbott, R.T. 1967. The genus Terebellum (Gastropoda: Strombidae). Indo-Pacific Mollusca 1(7): 445-454 [445, 452]

Kreipl, K. & Poppe, G.T. 1999. A Conchological Iconography: The Family Strombidae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 59 pp., 130 pls. [19, pl. 8, figs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11; pl. 125, fig. 2]

Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de Monet de 1799. Prodrome d'une nouvelle classification de coquilles, comprenent une réaction appropiée de charactères génériques, et l'établissement d'un grand nombre de genres nouveaux. Mémoires de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris 1: 63-91 [May 1799] [69] (as Terebellum terebellum)

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 Edn., 824 pp. [1185] (as Bulla terebellum)

Raven, H 2002. Notes on molluscs from NW Borneo. 1. Stromboidea (Gastropoda, Strombidae, Rostellariidae, Seraphidae). Vita Malacologica 1: 3-32 [22]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [160, pl. 21, figs 16a-c]

 

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. [103, pl. 14, fig. 7] (Common Little Auger)

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [114, pl. 341] (Auger Cone, Bullet Stromb)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [110, pl. 111] (Terebellum Conch)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	STROMBOIDEA	25-Jul-2012	MOVED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
01-Jun-2021		23-Jul-2012	MOVED
		03-Feb-2012	MODIFIED