''Terebralia'' is a
genus
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of
sea snails,
marine gastropod mollusk
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s in the
family
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Potamididae
''Potamididae'', common name potamidids (also known as horn snails or mudwhelks) are a family of small to large brackish water snails that live on mud flats, mangroves and similar habitats. They are amphibious gastropod molluscs in the superfa ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Terebralia'' include:
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Terebralia palustris
''Terebralia palustris'', common name the giant mangrove whelk, is a species of brackish-water snail, a gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae. This tropical species which inhabits mangrove environments of the Indo-West Pacific region,Hou ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1767)
* ''
Terebralia semistriata
''Terebralia semistriata'', common name the striate mud creeper, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Potamididae.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 75 mm.
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(Mörch, 1852)
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Terebralia sulcata
''Terebralia sulcata'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by m ...
''
(Born, 1778)
References
* Brandt, R. A. M. (1974). The non-marine aquatic Mollusca of Thailand. Archiv für Molluskenkunde. 105: i-iv, 1-423
External links
Swainson, W. (1840). A treatise on malacology or shells and shell-fish. London, Longman. viii + 419 pp
Potamididae
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