Conus terebra

Conus terebra
	Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus terebraBorn, I. von, 1778
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. terebra
Binomial name
	Conus terebra; Born, 1778
Synonyms
	Conus (Virgiconus) terebraBorn, 1778 · accepted, alternate representation; Conus coelebsHinds, 1843; Conus fususGmelin, 1791; Conus terebellumGmelin, 1791 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus terebellumLinnaeus, 1758); Conus thomasiG. B. Sowerby III, 1881; Cucullus albeolusRöding, 1798; Gastridium terebraSalvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975; Hermes terebra(Born, 1779); Virgiconus terebra(Born, 1778);

Last updated March 09, 2024

Conus terebra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.^[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 43 mm and 100 mm. The shell is striated throughout. Its color is pale yellowish or ash-color, indistinctly two-banded, often somewhat tinged with violet at the base. The aperture is white or slightly violaceous.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea, in the tropical Indo-Pacific and off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia).

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References

1 2 Conus terebra Born, 1778. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.
↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

Born, I. von 1778. Index rerum naturalium Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis, pl. 1, Testacea. – Verzeichniss etc. Illust. Vindobonae. Vienna : J.P. Krauss xlii 458 pp.
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.
Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp.
Reeve, L.A. 1843. Monograph of the genus Conus. pls 1–39 in Reeve, L.A. (ed.). Conchologica Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 1.
Hinds, R.B. 1843. Description of new shells from the collection of Captain Belcher. Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 1 11: 16–21, 36–46, 255–257
Sowerby, G.B III. Jr. (1881). Descriptions of eight new species of shells. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. (1881): 635–639
Salvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975. Coquillages de Polynésie. Tahiti : Papéete Les editions du pacifique, pp. 1–391.
Cernohorsky, W.O. 1978. Tropical Pacific Marine Shells. Sydney : Pacific Publications 352 pp., 68 pls.
Röckel, D., Korn, W. & Kohn, A.J. 1995. Manual of the Living Conidae. Volume 1: Indo-Pacific Region. Wiesbaden : Hemmen 517 pp.
Puillandre, N.; Duda, T.F.; Meyer, C.; Olivera, B.M.; Bouchet, P. (2015). "One, four or 100 genera? A new classification of the cone snails". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 81 (1): 1–23. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyu055. PMC 4541476 . PMID 26300576.

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[WoRMS-1] 1 2 Conus terebra Born, 1778. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 27 March 2010.

[2] G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

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Conus terebra

Apertural and abapertural views of shell of Conus terebraBorn, I. von, 1778

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Conidae
Genus:	Conus
Species:	C. terebra
Binomial name
*Conus terebra* Born, 1778
Synonyms ^[1]
Conus (Virgiconus) terebraBorn, 1778 · accepted, alternate representation Conus coelebsHinds, 1843 Conus fususGmelin, 1791 Conus terebellumGmelin, 1791 (invalid: junior homonym of Conus terebellumLinnaeus, 1758) Conus thomasiG. B. Sowerby III, 1881 Cucullus albeolusRöding, 1798 Gastridium terebraSalvat, B. & Rives, C. 1975 Hermes terebra(Born, 1779) Virgiconus terebra(Born, 1778)