Terebra canisaxi Kensley and Pether 1986 (auger snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae

Full reference: B. Kensley and J. Pether. 1986. Late Tertiary and Early Quaternary Fossil Mollusca for the Hondeklip Area, Cape Province, South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 97(6):141-225

Belongs to Terebra according to B. Kensley and J. Pether 1986

Sister taxa: Terebra (Diplomeriza), Terebra (Fusoterebra), Terebra (Microtrypetes), Terebra (Mirula), Terebra (Myurellina), Terebra (Oreoterebra), Terebra (Panaterebra), Terebra (Paraterebra), Terebra (Terebra), Terebra (Triplostephanus), Terebra abditiva, Terebra aclinica, Terebra affinis, Terebra amitra, Terebra areolata, Terebra bicincta, Terebra bipartita, Terebra burckhardti, Terebra californica, Terebra canalis, Terebra conspersa, Terebra constricta, Terebra costaricensis, Terebra coxi, Terebra curvilineata, Terebra dalabeensis, Terebra divisurum, Terebra eleuthria, Terebra estrellana, Terebra gedrosiana, Terebra herklotsi, Terebra hochstetteri, Terebra inornata, Terebra insulae, Terebra inversa, Terebra jacksonensis, Terebra javana, Terebra juvenicostata, Terebra kilburni, Terebra laudata, Terebra lepta, Terebra maculata, Terebra martini, Terebra mekranica, Terebra modesta, Terebra narica, Terebra nebulosa, Terebra negritensis, Terebra niauensis, Terebra oligomitra, Terebra paucistriata, Terebra perturrita, Terebra petiti, Terebra plicifera, Terebra protexta, Terebra pumbriensis, Terebra scalarina, Terebra spei, Terebra subtessellata, Terebra subulata, Terebra succincta, Terebra tantula, Terebra texagyra, Terebra textilis, Terebra tjidamarensis, Terebra travancorensis, Terebra undulata, Terebra unilineatum, Terebra waisiuensis, Terebra wattsiana, Terebra (Acus) benthalis, Terebra (Acus) curvilineata, Terebra (Acus) sincera, Terebra (Acus) curvilirata, Terebra (Myurella) martini, Terebra (Myurella) myuros, Myurella reticulata, Myurella katchhensis, Terebra (Myurella) oldhami, Terebra (Myurella) wadiai, Terebra (Myurella) euglyptica, Terebra (Myurella) hornelli, Myurella quettensis, Terebra (Myurella) promensis, Terebra (Myurella) protomyuros, Myurella aiyengari, Terebra (Myurella) kyudawonensis, Terebra (Myurella) birmanica, Terebra (Myurella) aspera, Terebra (Myurella) trizonata, Terebra (Myurella) tipperi, Terebra (Myurella) indica, Terebra (Subula) cossmanni, Subula (Oxymeris), Terebra (Subula) noetlingi

Type specimen: SAM-PQ-HB557, a shell

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of South Africa (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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