Terebralia sulcata

Terebralia sulcata
A live Terebralia sulcata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Potamididae
Genus:	Terebralia
Species:	T. sulcata
Binomial name
Terebralia sulcata (Born, 1778)
Synonyms [1]
Murex sulcatusBorn, 1778 (original combination) Potamides sulcatusBorn, 1778 Potamides tenerrimus Schepman, 1895

Terebralia sulcata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae. ^[1]

Distribution

Malaysia, ^[2] Vietnam, Red Sea, Madagascar.

Terebralia sulcata shell.

Ecology

Habitat of Terebralia sulctata are mangroves.

Terebralia sulctata is a predominantly mangrove-associated species. ^[3]

References

1. Terebralia sulcata (Born, 1778) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 17 May 2010.
2. Hookham B., Shau-Hwai A. T., Dayrat B. & Hintz W. (2014). "A Baseline Measure of Tree and Gastropod Biodiversity in Replanted and Natural Mangrove Stands in Malaysia: Langkawi Island and Sungai Merbok". Tropical life sciences research 25(1): 1.
3. Zvonareva, Sofya; Kantor, Yuri; Li, Xinzheng; Britayev, Temir (2015). "Long-term monitoring of Gastropoda (Mollusca) fauna in planted mangroves in central Vietnam". Zoological Studies. 54 (1): e39. doi: 10.1186/s40555-015-0120-0 . ISSN   1810-522X. PMC   6661431 . PMID   31966126.

• Reid, D.G., Dyal, P., Lozouet, P., Glaubrecht, M. & Williams, S.T. (2008) Mudwhelks and mangroves: the evolutionary history of an ecological association (Gastropoda: Potamididae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47: 680-699
• Lozouet P. & Plaziat J.C. (2008) Mangrove environments and molluscs. Abatan River, Bohol and Panglao Islands, central Philippines. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 160 pp
• Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp
• Brandt, R. A. M. (1974). The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 105: i-iv, 1-423. page(s): 195, pl. 14, fig. 39
• Yamanaka, T.; Mizota, C. (2001). Sulfur Nutrition of Gastropods and Bivalves Relevant to the Mangrove Forests: A Case Study from Central Sumatra, Indonesia. Venus (Journal of the Malacological Society of Japan). 60 (1-2): 71-78

External links

• Born, I. Von. (1778). Index rerum naturalium Musei Cæsarei Vindobonensis. Pars I.ma. Testacea. Verzeichniß der natürlichen Seltenheiten des k. k. Naturalien Cabinets zu Wien. Erster Theil. Schalthiere
• Schepman, H. H. (1895). A new Potamides. Notes from the Leyden Museum. 16: 133-135.

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