Species Terebra laevigata Gray, 1834
- Terebra laevigata 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:
Lectotype BMNH 1874.11.10.9, see reference. - Terebra (Perirhoe?) stylus Dall, W.H. 1908. Report on the dredging operations of the west coast of Central America, to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Comm. Steamer "Albatross", during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.M., commanding, XXXVIII. and Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific … etc. XV. The Mollusca and Brachiopoda. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 43: 205–487, pls 1–22 [253].
Type data:
Holotype USNM 3773, "Panama Bay" error?.
Generic Combinations
- Terebra (Myurella) laevigata Gray, 1834. —
Sowerby, G.B. 1844. Monograph of the genus Terebra Bruguiere. pp. 147-190, pls 41-45 in Sowerby, G.B. (ed.). Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 1. [171, pl. 44, fig. 93] - Dimidacus laevigata (Gray, 1834). —
Oyama, K. & Takemura, Y. 1961. The Molluscan Shells. Tokyo : Resource Exploitation Institute Vol. 5. [fig. 3] (Dimidacus; new combination) - Terebra (Perirhoe) laevigata Gray, 1834. —
Cernohorsky, W.O. & Jennings, A. 1966. The Terebridae of Fiji (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Veliger 9(1): 37-66, pls 4-7 [51]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Indo-west Pacific, from Red Sea to Fiji WA (e.g. C.420620), Coral Sea (e.g. C.355450), Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island records based on specimens in the Australian Museum reference collection
IMCRA
Northeast Province (18), Cocos (Keeling) Island Province (22), Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Other Regions
Coral Sea Islands Territory
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, sand bottom marine.
Extra Ecological Information
Between coral patches and on coral reef slopes
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. [52, pl. 8, fig. 25a-c]
Terryn, Y. 2007. A collectors guide to Recent Terebridae. Germany and Belgium : Conchbooks & NaturalArt 57 pp., 65 pls. [31, pls 19, 55]
Terryn, Y. & M. Holford 2008. The Terebridae of Vanuatu with a revision of the genus "Granuliterebra" Oyama, 1961. Visaya supplement 3: 1-118 [59, text fig., pl. 15]
Wells, F.E. 1994. Marine Molluscs of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands. Atoll Research Bulletin (No. 410): 1-22
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [226, pl. 51, fig. 3]
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) |
| 26-Nov-2013 | MODIFIED |