Terebralia sulcata

Terebralia sulcata
A live Terebralia sulcata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily: Cerithioidea
Family: Potamididae
Genus: Terebralia
Species: T. sulcata
Binomial name
Terebralia sulcata
(Born, 1778)
Synonyms[1]

Potamides sulcatus Born, 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.

Description

Terebralia sulcata shell.

Ecology

Habitat of Terebralia sulctata are mangroves.

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

References

  1. 1 2 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 S., Kantor Yu., Li X. & Britayev T. (2015). "Long-term monitoring of Gastropoda (Mollusca) fauna in planted mangroves in central Vietnam". Zoological Studies 54: 39. doi:10.1186/s40555-015-0120-0.
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