Terebralia sulcata

Terebralia sulcata
A live Terebralia sulcata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Potamididae
Genus: Terebralia
Species:
T. sulcata
Binomial name
Terebralia sulcata
(Born, 1778)
Synonyms[1]
  • Murex sulcatus Born, 1778 (original combination)
  • 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

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

Description

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Terebralia sulcata shell.

Ecology

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Habitat of Terebralia sulctata are mangroves.

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

References

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  1. ^ a b 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
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