The Terebridae Family includes 589 species comprising 3 subfamilies (Terebrinae (15 genus), Pervicaciinae (2), Pellifroniinae (2))
and 19 genus (Terebra (119 species), Hastula (89), Neoterebra (86), Duplicaria (68), Punctoterebra (59), Myurella (32), ...)
Phylum :MolluscaClass :⤷GastropodaSubclass :⤷CaenogastropodaOrder :⤷NeogastropodaSuperfamily :⤷ConoideaFamily :⤷Terebridae
Common name : auger shell
Aspect : highly distinctive shells that resemble screws; long and narrow, with a high spire with numerous tightly coiled whorls; narrow and elongated aperture; presence of one or two plaits on the columella (key feature); size range from small (15 mm) up to 230 mm
Feeding : predatory carnivores (polychaete worms)
Environment : inhabit warm tropical and subtropical marine waters worldwide in sandy or muddy substrates; depth range spans the intertidal zone to offshore depths of up to 300 meters
Hastula hectica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hastula lanceata (Linnaeus, 1767)
Hastula raphanula (Lamarck, 1822) ( Terebrinae)
Hastula strigilata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Myurella nebulosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825)
Myurellopsis joserosadoi (Bozzetti, 2001) ( Terebrinae)
Myurellopsis undulata (Gray, 1834) ( Terebrinae)
Oxymeris areolata (Link, 1807)
Oxymeris cerithina (Lamarck, 1822)
Oxymeris crenulata (Linnaeus, 1758) ( Terebrinae)
Oxymeris dimidiata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Oxymeris maculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Terebra babylonia Lamarck, 1822
Terebra consobrina Deshayes, 1857
Terebra quoygaimardi Cernohorsky & Bratcher, 1976
Total collection for Terebridae : 15 species (89 shells in total)
