Leal, José H.
Terebridae
Sign in to saveThe Terebridae, commonly referred to as auger shells or auger snails, is a family of predatory marine gastropods in the superfamily Conoidea. They have extremely high-spired shells with numerous whorls; their common name refers to the resemblance of their shells to rock-drill bit. More than 400 species are recently known worldwide.
Species
auger shells
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassGastropoda
- OrderNeogastropoda
- FamilyTerebridae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,087
- With media
- 107
- Family
- Terebridae
- Collections
- LACM, YPM, SDNHM, USNM, UF, UCMP
- Recorded in
- United States, Egypt, Romania, Japan, Venezuela, Philippines, French Polynesia, Panama
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Shell description
- Life habits
- Genera
- References
- External links
- Further reading
- External links
The Terebridae, commonly referred to as auger shells or auger snails, is a family of predatory marine gastropods in the superfamily Conoidea. They have extremely high-spired shells with numerous whorls; their common name refers to the resemblance of their shells to rock-drill bit. More than 400 species are recently known worldwide.
== Taxonomy == This family consists of the following subfamilies (according to the taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005): Terebrinae Mörch, 1852 - synonyms: Acusidae; Acidae Gray, 1853 (inv.) Pellifroniinae Fedosov, Malcolm, Terryn, Gorson, Modica, Holford & Puillandre, 2020 (with de deep-water genera Pellifronia and Bathyterebra) Pervicaciinae Rudman, 1969 (with the predominantly Indo-Pacific genera Duplicaria and Partecosta).
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