Worldwide Specimen Shells
Terebridae
Terebridae
TOTAL: $
|
 |
 A Web site for conchologists who want to
purchase quality sea and land shells that will add scientific value and aesthetic beauty to their collections. |
|
|
Genera available on this page | IDENTIFICATION & NOMENCLATURE   |
|
|
Please note that unless marked as "ONE ONLY" the pictured shell is a representative example from the available lot. |
||||
| Family: TEREBRIDAE / Genus: Acus |
) |
Acus chlorata (Lamarck, 1822)
White shells with reddish-brown markings.
|
) |
Acus dillwynii (Deshayes, 1859)
Northern-most range of the species.
|
) |
Acus fatua (Hinds, 1844)
Endemic to the Cape Verde Islands.
|
) |
Acus maculata (Linné, 1758)
Grows to be the largest Terebrid species.
|
) |
Acus thaanumi (Pilsbry, 1921)
An endemic Hawaiian species.
|
| Family: TEREBRIDAE / Genus: Cinguloterebra |
) |
Cinguloterebra commaculata (Gmelin, 1791)
Dredged by commercial fishing boats.
|
) |
Cinguloterebra fujitai (Okutani & Habe, 1975)
Deep water species. This is the true form of the species. Specimen A
|
) |
Specimen B
|
) |
Cinguloterebra pretiosa (Reeve, 1842)
No longer synonymized with Cinguloterebra futjitai.
|
) |
Cinguloterebra triseriata (Gray, 1834)
Large specimens trawled from deep water.
|
| Family: TEREBRIDAE / Genus: Duplicaria |
) |
Duplicaria bernardii (Deshayes, 1857)
Endemic to the northern and northeastern coast of Australia.
|
) |
Duplicaria crakei (Burch, 1965)
Limited to Western Australia.
|
) |
Duplicaria gouldi (Deshayes, 1857)
Endemic to Hawaiian Islands.
|
) |
Duplicaria kieneri (Deshayes, 1859)
Endemic to Australia.
|
| Family: TEREBRIDAE / Genus: Hastula |
) |
Hastula albula (Menke, 1843)
Small shiny specimens from 60 feet of water.
|
) |
Hastula lanceata (Linné, 1767)
Sand dwellers in 50 feet off Oahu.
|
) |
Hastula lepida (Gray, 1834)
Southern-most range for the species in West Africa.
|
) |
Hastula penicillata (Hinds, 1844)
Varied patterns.
|
) |
Hastula rufopunctata (E.A.Smith, 1877)
Varied colors.
|
) |
Hastula strigilata (Linné, 1758)
Shiny, ribbed specimens.
|
) |
Hastula stylata (Hinds, 1864)
Limited to French Polynesia.
|
| Family: TEREBRIDAE / Genus: Hastulopsis |
) |
Haustulopsis amoena (Deshayes, 1839)
Uncommon species in Hawaii.
|
) |
Hastulopsis pertusa (Born, 1778)
Large showy specimens.
|
) |
Hastulopsis pertusa (Born, 1778)
Dark specimens; very much different than specimens from the Philippines.
|
| Family: TEREBRIDAE / Genus: Impages |
) |
Impages aciculina (Lamarck, 1822)
Nice size specimens.
|
) |
Impages cinerea (Born, 1778) [+ luctuosa Hinds, 1844] Found on both sides of the Atlantic and in the Eastern Pacific.
|
) |
Impages inconstans (Hinds, 1844)
Endemic to the Hawaiian Islands.
|
| Family: TEREBRIDAE / Genus: Myurella |
) |
Myurella affinis (Gray, 1834) [+ peasii Deshayes, 1859] A less extremely sculptured form with only a hint of punctations described from the Hawaiian Islands.
|
) |
Myurella affinis (Gray, 1834) [+ puncticulata Deshayes, 1859] Quite variable throughout its Indo-Pacific range. The form puncticulata described from Hawaii has much deeper punctations in the interspaces between the ribs; more uncommon that the peasii form. The validity of the forms is probably nill since integrades are frequently found.
|
) |
Myurella columellaris (Hinds, 1844)
Variegated orange and white specimens.
|
) |
Myurella flavofasciata (Pilsbry, 1921)
Most abundantly found in Hawaiian Islands.
|
) |
Myurella kilburni (Burch, 1965)
Quite uncommon. Differentiated from similar species by the closely spaced ribs.
|
) |
Myurella nebulosa (Sowerby, 1825)
Orange and white mottled beauties.
|
) |
Myurella undulata (Gray, 1834)
Strong, striking ribs.
|
| Family: TEREBRIDAE / Genus: Perirhoe |
) |
Perirhoe cerithina (Lamarck, 1822) [+ spaldingi Pilsbry, 1921] Some consider P. c. spaldingi to be a valid subspecies.
|
| Family: TEREBRIDAE / Genus: Strioterebrum |
) |
Strioterebrum nitida (Hinds, 1844)
Shiny grayish to white color.
|
) |
Strioterebrum nitida (Deshayes, 1859)
Interesting specimens stained by oxide-rust from objects in the waters of Ft. Kam.
|
) |
Strioterebrum plumbea (Born, 1778) [+ contigua Pease, 1871] Light and dark forms.
|
| Family: TEREBRIDAE / Genus: Terebra |
) |
Terebra argus Hinds, 1844 [+ brachygyra Pilsbry, 1921] Long considered a subspecies, T. a. brachygyra has most recently been synonymized with T. argus.
|
) |
Terebra babylonia Lamarck, 1822)
Taken scuba diving in ± 50 feet of water.
|
) |
Terebra dislocata (Say, 1822)
Strongly sculptured specimens from Florida's west coast.
|
) |
Terebra funiculata Hinds, 1844
A morph with a strongly keeled suture line.
|
) |
Terebra quoygaimardi Cernohorsky & Bratcher, 1976
An unmistakeable species with beaded suture line.
|
) |
Terebra reticularis (Pecchioli, in Sacco, 1891) [= T. reticulare] Subtidal species dredged from moderately deep water.
|
) |
Terebra variegata Gray, 1834
Large specimens.
|
All content on this Web site are © 2010, Worldwide Specimen Shells.
All rights reserved. No content may be reproduced, or retransmitted without prior written approval from the copyright holder. 
|
