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Terebra (Paraterebra) taurina

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae

Taxonomy

Buccinum taurinum was named by Lightfoot (1786). It is extant.

It was recombined as Terebra taurinus by Abbott (1974); it was recombined as Terebra (Paraterebra) taurina by Olsson (1964), Woodring (1970) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

T. amabilis, T. anomala, T. atorquatum, T. aulakoessa, T. babylon, T. cingulifera, T. colume, T. denotans, T. derbyi, T. estaciana, T. formosana, T. hanzawai, T. hiwanneensis, T. lucana, T. orthoplicata, T. paraensis, T. peramabilis, T. straminea, T. torquata, T. variegata, T. xoci, T. zapotalensis, T. torquata, T. felina, T. odopoia, T. brassoensis, T. trinitatensis, T. eskata, T. psesta, T. pupiformis, T. rabdota, T. vaca

Synonyms

Terebra texana was named by Dall (1898) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Terebra (Paraterebra) texana by Woodring (1928); it was synonymized subjectively with Terebra (Paraterebra) taurina by Olsson (1964) and Woodring (1970).
Epitonium feldmanni was named by Röding (1798). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Terebra (Paraterebra) taurina by Woodring (1970).
Terebra flammea was named by Dall (1898). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Terebra (Paraterebra) taurina by Olsson (1964) and Woodring (1970).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1786	Buccinum taurinum Lightfoot p. 142
1798	Epitonium feldmanni Röding
1898	Terebra flammea Dall
1898	Terebra texana Dall
1928	Terebra (Paraterebra) texana Woodring p. 135
1964	Terebra (Paraterebra) taurina Olsson p. 75
1970	Terebra (Paraterebra) taurina Woodring p. 406
1974	Terebra taurinus Abbott p. 259
2008	Terebra (Paraterebra) taurina Hendy et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Conoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Terebridae	Mörch 1852
subfamily	Terebrinae	Mörch 1852
genus	Terebra	Bruguière 1789
subgenus	Paraterebra
species	taurina	(Lightfoot 1786)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Terebra (Paraterebra) taurina Lightfoot 1786

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Invalid names: Epitonium feldmanni Röding 1798 [synonym], Terebra (Paraterebra) texana Dall 1898 [synonym], Terebra flammea Dall 1898 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Adult width:

10 to < 100g

Adult height:

10 to < 100g

Thickness:

intermediateg

Folds:

noneg

Ribbing:

noneg

Spines:

noneg

Internal reinforcement:

noneg

Locomotion:

actively mobilef

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

carnivoref

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-03-16 08:57:07

Modified:

2009-03-16 13:34:28

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Abbott and Dance 1986, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Tortonian or 11.60800 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Panama (Colon)	Terebra taurina (145254)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Panama	Terebra taurina (93055 93057)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Costa Rica (Limon)	Terebra taurina (96520)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Trinidad and Tobago	Terebra taurina (96515)