Biology:Gradaterebra lightfooti

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Gradaterebra lightfooti
Euterebra lightfooti (NHMUK 1899.9.9.2-S).jpg
Shell of Gradaterebra lightfooti lectotype in the Natural History Museum, London[1]
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Illustration accompanying Edgar Albert Smith's original 1899 description
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Gradaterebra
Species:
G. lightfooti
Binomial name
Gradaterebra lightfooti
(E.A. Smith, 1899)
Synonyms[3]
  • Euterebra lightfooti (E. A. Smith, 1899)
  • Terebra lightfooti E. A. Smith, 1899 (original combination[2])

Gradaterebra lightfooti is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.[3]

Distribution

It is found in Table Bay, Cape Point, Brown's Bank, False Bay,[4] and Saldanha Bay,[5] South Africa. The type locality is Table Bay.[2]

References

  1. Salvador, Andreia; Pickering, Joan (2017). "Type catalogue of Terebridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conoidea) in the Natural History Museum, London, U.K.". Zootaxa 4250 (2): 124. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4250.2.1. PMID 28610023. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Smith, Edgar A. (1899). "Descriptions of New Species of South African Marine Shells". Journal of Conchology 9 (8): 247. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31787988; Pl. 5, Fig. 1. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Gradaterebra lightfooti (E. A. Smith, 1899). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1416775 on 2020-01-27
  4. Barnard, K. H. (1958). "Contributions to the knowledge of South African Marine Mollusca. Part I. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa". Annals of the South African Museum 44: 79. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40862943. 
  5. Barnard, K. H. (1969). "Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part VI. Supplement". Annals of the South African Museum 47 (4): 596. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40854995. 

External links

  • Fedosov, Alexander E; Malcolm, Gavin; Terryn, Yves; Gorson, Juliette; Modica, Maria Vittoria; Holford, Mandë; Puillandre, Nicolas (2019). "Phylogenetic classification of the family Terebridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 85 (4): 359–388. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyz004. 

Wikidata ☰ Q5414424 entry