MolluscaBase - Terebra caerulescens Lamarck, 1822

WoRMS name details

Terebra caerulescens Lamarck, 1822

AphiaID

208055 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:208055)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Impages hectica (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Hastula hectica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank

Species

Typetaxon of

Impages E. A. Smith, 1873
Terebra (Impages) E. A. Smith, 1873

Parent

Terebra Bruguière, 1789

Original name

Terebra caerulescens Lamarck, 1822

Direct children (2)

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Variety Terebra caerulescens var. flammulata E. von Martens, 1880 accepted as Hastula nimbosa (Hinds, 1844)
Variety Terebra caerulescens var. otaitensis R. P. Lesson, 1831 accepted as Impages hectica (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Hastula hectica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Environment

marine

Original description

Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 288 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Terebra caerulescens Lamarck, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208055 on 2025-04-04

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2001-11-17 14:06:08Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2001-12-15 16:49:27Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-01-13 10:07:52Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2012-10-02 13:09:12Z

checked

Terryn, Yves

2017-10-01 05:51:26Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

Licensing

The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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Nomenclature

original description Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome septième, 711 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47433
page(s): 288 [details]

basis of record Dautzenberg P. (1929). Contribution à l'étude de la faune de Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Faune des colonies françaises. [Contribution to the study of the fauna of Madagascar: Mollusca marina testacea. Fauna of the French colonies.]. Société d'Editions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales. 3(4): 321-636, pls 4-7. Paris. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Bratcher T. & Cernohorsky W.O. (1987). Living terebras of the world. A monograph of the recent Terebridae of the world. American Malacologists, Melbourne, Florida & Burlington, Massachusetts. 240pp. [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)