Species Terebra guttata (Röding, 1798)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Buccinum candidum Born, I. von 1778. Index rerum naturalium Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis, pl. 1, Testacea. - Verzeichniss etc. Illust. Vindobonae. Vienna : J.P. Krauss xlii 458 pp.

  Type data:

   Status unknown, NHMV.
• Epitonium guttatum 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] [94] [originally spelled 'guttacum' but spelling 'guttatum' preserved by ICZN Article 33.3.1].
• Buccinum oculatum Dillwyn, L.W. 1817. A Descriptive Catalogue of Recent Shells, arranged according to the Linnaean method; with particular attention to the synonymy. London : John and Arthur Arch 2 volumes 1092 + 29 pp.
• Terebra oculata Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 7 711 pp. [286].
• Terebra laevis Gray, J.E. 1834. Enumeration of the species of the genus Terebra. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1834: 59-63 [61].

  Type data:

   Holotype 1874.11.10.10.
• Terebra nebulosa Lorois, M. 1858. Description d une species nouvelle. Journal de Conchyliologie 8: 89-90, pl.1 [38].
• Terebra loroisi 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 [313].
• Terebra sculptilis Pease, W.H. 1869. Descriptions of new species of Marine Gastropodae inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology 5(2): 64-79, pl. 8 [64].

  Type data:

   Lectotype MCZ 248804.

 

Generic Combinations

• Terebra guttata (Röding, 1798). —
  Oyama, K. & Takemura, Y. 1961. The Molluscan Shells. Tokyo : Resource Exploitation Institute Vol. 5. (from Oyama, Moll. Shells, Resources Exploitation Inst. 5 Terebra pl. , fig. 7; new combination)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo-west Pacific. Coral Sea (e.g. C.160243), Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island records based on specimens in the Australian Museum reference collection

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Timor Province (2), Cape Province (20), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, sand bottom 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. [38]

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. [399]

Terryn, Y. 2007. A collectors guide to Recent Terebridae. Germany and Belgium : Conchbooks & NaturalArt 57 pp., 65 pls. [29, pls 5, 50]

Terryn, Y. & M. Holford 2008. The Terebridae of Vanuatu with a revision of the genus "Granuliterebra" Oyama, 1961. Visaya supplement 3: 1-118 [53, text fig., pl. 12, figs 6-8]

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. [226, pl. 51, fig. 19]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Jun-2021	CONOIDEA	14-Feb-2012	MODIFIED	Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ingo Burghardt (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM)
		10-Nov-2011	MODIFIED