Terebra acrior

Terebra acrior
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Terebridae
Genus: Terebra
Species: T. acrior
Binomial name
Terebra acrior
Dall, 1889
Synonyms

Terebra limatula var. acrior Dall, 1889 (basionym)

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

Distribution

This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and off Puerto Rico.

References

  1. Terebra acrior Dall, 1889.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 July 2012.
  • Rosenberg, G., F. Moretzsohn, and E. F. García. 2009. Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 579–699 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
  • Terryn Y. (2011) A new species, a lost type and its forgotten name and more terebrid discoveries in the Caribbean (Gastropoda: Terebridae). Novapex 12(3-4): 63-72.
  • Garcia, E. F. 2012. Terebra limatula Dall,1889 and T. acrior Dall, 1889 (Gastropoda: Terebridae); two problematic taxa from the western Atlantic. Zootaxa 3328: 66-68


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