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Terebellum

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Terebellum derives from a Latin word meaning 'borer' or 'auger', and may refer to:

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terebellum, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3244508	https://www.gbif.org/species/3244508
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	10568	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=10568

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Seraphsidae : Terebellum

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Strombidae : Terebellum

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
superorder	Hypsogastropoda
infraorder	Littorinimorpha	Golikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamily	Stromboidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Strombidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Terebellum	Lamarck 1798

Scientific Name

Terebellum Lamarck, 1798

Name Published In

Bruguière J.-G. ([1798]). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vingt-unième partie. Mollusques testacés. Henri Agasse, Paris, pl. 287-390.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Terebellum	genus	belongs to Strombidae	stated without evidence	Oostingh, 1935
Terebellum	genus	belongs to Strombidae	stated with evidence	Ladd, 1972
Terebellum	genus	belongs to Strombidae	implied	Wilson, 1993
Terebellum	genus	belongs to Seraphsidae	stated without evidence	Rolando, 2001
Terebellum	genus	belongs to Neotaenioglossa	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (12%)

First Recorded Appearance

61.6 - 59.2 Ma
Paleocene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Strombidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

omnivore, grazer (based on Strombidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terebellum

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Terebellum (Mauryna) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		1	48.6 Ma Eocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Terebellum (Terebellum) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		8	56.0 Ma Paleocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Terebellum ameri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Terebellum belemnitoideum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Terebellum burdenii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Terebellum californicum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Terebellum carcassense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		22	56.0 Ma Paleocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Terebellum cinctum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Terebellum dautzenbergi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Terebellum delicatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Terebellum diversiornatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Terebellum etiwanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Terebellum exaltata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Terebellum fusiforme ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	56.0 Ma Paleocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Terebellum fusiformopse ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Terebellum hernandoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Terebellum hubrechti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Terebellum koeneni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Terebellum obtusum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	37.2 Ma Eocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Terebellum obvolutum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Terebellum olympiae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	48.6 Ma Eocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Terebellum papilliferum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Terebellum saudiensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Terebellum simoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Terebellum squamosum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Terebellum striatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Terebellum subulatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Terebellum terebellum species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		16	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Terebrina Rafinesque, 1815	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Seraphsidae : *Terebrina*
Lucis Gistl, 1847	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Seraphsidae : *Lucis*
Artopoia Gistl, 1848	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Seraphsidae : *Artopoia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1798	Terebellum Röding
1935	Terebellum Oostingh p. 58
1967	Terebellum Abbass p. 61
1972	Terebellum Ladd p. 57
1993	Terebellum Wilson p. 160
2001	Terebellum Rolando p. 42
2002	Terebellum Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Oostingh C. H. (1935) Die Mollusken des Pliozäns von Boemiajoe (Java), Dienst van den Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië Wetenschappelijke Mededeelingen 26, 1-247

Abbass H. L. (1967) A monograph on the Egyptian Paleocene and Eocene gastropods, United Arab Republic, Geological Survey-Geological Museum, Palaeontological Series, Monograph 4, 1-154

Ladd H. S. (1972) Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Turritellidae through Strombidae), United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 532, 1-79

Wilson B. (1993) , Australian Marine Shells 1

Rolando A. (2001) The new species Terebellum oympiae n. sp. (Gastropoda, Seraphidae) from the Middle Eocene mollusc assemblage of Nanggulan (Yogokarta province, Java, Indonesia), Mem. Sci. Geol. 53, 41-44

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Ency. Méth. (Tabl. Vers) pl - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per base taxon - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Mus. Bolten., (2 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Boss, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Walls, J. G. (1980). Conchs, tibias and harps. A survey of the molluscan families Strombidae and Harpidae. Publications Ltd, Hong Kong. - via World Register of Marine Species

Bruguière J.-G. ([1798]). Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature. Vingt-unième partie. Mollusques testacés. Henri Agasse, Paris, pl. 287-390. - via World Register of Marine Species

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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