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Terebra subulata Chocolate Spotted Auger, Subulate Auger

Terebra subulatais commonly referred to as Chocolate Spotted Auger, Subulate Auger. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully.


Profilbild Urheber Scott & Jeanette Johnson, Kwajalein Unterwater

Terebra-subulata-jj-5824-031113, Kwajalein 2017


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lexID:
14597 
AphiaID:
Scientific:
Terebra subulata 
German:
Pfriemenschnecke 
English:
Chocolate Spotted Auger, Subulate Auger 
Category:
Snails 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Neogastropoda (Order) > Terebridae (Family) > Terebra (Genus) > subulata (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Linnaeus, ), 1767 
Occurrence:
Aldabra Group, East Africa, Indian Ocean, Madagascar, Marschall Islands, Mascarene Islands, Philippines 
Sea depth:
- 10 Meter 
Size:
up to 7.87" (20 cm) 
Temperature:
°F - 82.4 °F (°C - 28°C) 
Food:
Carnivore, Predatory, Worms 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
None 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Terebra achates
  • Terebra aciculina
  • Terebra acrior
  • Terebra alagoensis
  • Terebra alba
  • Terebra albocancellata
  • Terebra alisi
  • Terebra allyni
  • Terebra arcas
 
More related species
in this lexicon:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2022-03-12 16:57:20 

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Terebra subulata (Linnaeus, 1767)

Terebra subulata belongs to the family Terebridae. The case of the family Terebridae is long, slender and smooth, operculum is horny. Its feed on Polychaete worms.

Synonymised names:
Buccinum subulatum Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted (original combination)
Terebra fusca Perry, 1811 · unaccepted
Terebrum tigreum Montfort, 1810 · unaccepted
Vertagus subulatus (Linnaeus, 1767) · unaccepted

Scientific paper

  1. The augertoxins: biochemical characterization of venom components from the toxoglossate gastropod Terebra subulata, Julita S Imperial; Maren Watkins; Ping Chen; David R Hillyard; Lourdes J Cruz; Baldomero M Olivera, 2003

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