Biology:Cinguloterebra anilis

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Short description: Species of sea snail


Cinguloterebra anilis
Cinguloterebra anilis shell.png
shell of Cinguloterebra anilis
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C. anilis
Binomial name
Cinguloterebra anilis
(Röding, 1798)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cinguloterebra serotina (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850)
  • Dimidacus stramineus (Gray, 1834)
  • Epitonium anile Röding, 1798 (original combination)
  • Epitonium cancellatum Röding, 1798
  • Terebra acuta Deshayes, 1857
  • Terebra anilis (Röding, 1798)
  • Terebra rubrobrunnea Preston, 1908
  • Terebra serotina A. Adams & Reeve, 1850
  • Terebra straminea Gray, 1834

Cinguloterebra anilis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 15 mm and 111 mm.

(Original description) The narrowly subulate shell is reddish brown. It contains 21 very flat whorls. These are sculptured with oblique, rather closely set transverse costae interrupted by spiral striae and two crenate sutural bands, the upper of which is much the broader. The sutures are scarcely impressed. The columella descendis in a curve, extending into a thick, projecting callus which joins the lip above. The peristome is sinuous and slightly reflexed. The aperture is narrowly ovate. The siphonal canal is short and recurved [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Central Indo-West Pacific.

References

  • Bratcher T. & Cernohorsky W.O. (1987). Living terebras of the world. A monograph of the recent Terebridae of the world. American Malacologists, Melbourne, Florida & Burlington, Massachusetts. 240pp

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5120954 entry