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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Terebridae
Terebra maculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Oxymeris maculatua [sic]
Buccinum maculatum Linnaeus, 1758
Subula (Oxymeris) maculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Terebra maculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Terebra maculata Kiener, 1839
Terebra maculosa Pfeiffer, 1840
Terebra confluens Dautzenberg, 1935
Terebra roosevelti Bartsch & Rehder, 1939
Terebra (Oxymeris) maculata (Shikama, 1964)
Terebra maculata roosevelti (Bartsch & Rehder, 1970)
Common Name
Spotted Auger p.194, pl.18, f.15 Allan, J. 1950.
Marlinspike Auger p.168, pl.169 Wilson, B 2002.
Giant Marlin Spike p.240, pl.667-8 Coleman, N. 1975.
Distribution
From the Red Sea through the tropical Indo-Pacific to tropical eastern Pacific, rare in the eastern Pacific (Bratcher & Cernohorsky, 1987) Indo-West Pacific; Pt. Cloates, WA to Qld (Wilson, 1994)
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific Throughout Region
Bratcher, T. & Cernohorsky, W.O. 1987. p.44
OBIS Regions: Eastern Pacific
Bratcher, T. & Cernohorsky, W.O. 1987. p.44
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Red Sea
Bratcher, T. & Cernohorsky, W.O. 1987. p.44
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Philippines
Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. p.256
Keywords
depth: continental shelf
depth: continental slope
depth: shallow subtidal [
]
depth: subtidal [
] Bratcher, T. & Cernohorsky, W.O. 1987. p.46
eCode: in sand
feeds on: animals Bratcher, T. & Cernohorsky, W.O. 1987. p.44
habitat: coral reef [
]
larvae/young: veliger planktonic Bratcher, T. & Cernohorsky, W.O. 1987. p.44
substrate: sand
References
Bratcher, T. & Cernohorsky, W.O. 1987. p.44 General reference
Bratcher, T. & Cernohorsky, W.O. 1987. p.44 Synonomy
Bratcher, T. & Cernohorsky, W.O. 1987. p.44 Biology and ecology
Bratcher, T. & Cernohorsky, W.O. 1987. p.44 Distribution
Bratcher, T. & Cernohorsky, W.O. 1987. p.44 Anatomy
Kay, E.A. 1979. p.399-400 General reference
Wilson, B. 1994. p.227 [pl. 51, fig. 13] General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Conoidea
Terebridae
Terebra Bruguière, 1789
Terebra maculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=14758) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-04.