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Terebra twilae Bouchet, 1983
438880 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:438880)
accepted
Species
marine
Bouchet, P. (1983 ["1982"]). Les Terebridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) de l'Atlantique oriental. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 18: 185-216.
page(s): 196-197, figs. 8, 35 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 196-197, figs. 8, 35 [details] Available for editors
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Type locality contained in Ghanaian Exclusive Economic Zone
, Note off Ghana, 17 meters
type locality contained in Ghanaian Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native) [details]
From editor or global species database
Type locality off Ghana, 17 meters [details]
Etymology Named for the American malacologist, Twila L. Bratcher [nee Langdon; later as Critchlow] (1911-2006).
Etymology Named for the American malacologist, Twila L. Bratcher [nee Langdon; later as Critchlow] (1911-2006). [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Terebra twilae Bouchet, 1983. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=438880 on 2025-09-11
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original description
Bouchet, P. (1983 ["1982"]). Les Terebridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) de l'Atlantique oriental. <em>Bollettino Malacologico.</em> 18: 185-216.
page(s): 196-197, figs. 8, 35 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Terryn, Y. (2007). A collectors guide to the Recent Terebridae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda). Conchbooks & NaturalArt, Hackenheim & Gent. 1-57, pls 1-65. [details]
additional source Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 15, pls, S23a-b [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Terryn Y. & Ryall P. (2014). West African Terebridae revisited, with the description of a new species from the Cape Verde Islands. <em>Conchylia.</em> 44(3-4): 27-47. [March 2014]. [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Fedosov, A. E.; Malcolm, G.; Terryn, Y.; Gorson, J.; Modica, M. V.; Holford, M.; Puillandre, N. (2020). Phylogenetic classification of the family Terebridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 85(4): 359-388 ["2019"; 2020]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyz004 [details]
page(s): 196-197, figs. 8, 35 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Terryn, Y. (2007). A collectors guide to the Recent Terebridae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda). Conchbooks & NaturalArt, Hackenheim & Gent. 1-57, pls 1-65. [details]
additional source Bertsch, H., Groves, L. T. & Dees, R. (2025). Invertebrate eponyms honoring women members of the Western Society of Malacologists. <em>The Western Society of Malacologists, Occasional Papers.</em> Number 4: 1-270, pls. 1-S263A-L.
page(s): 15, pls, S23a-b [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Terryn Y. & Ryall P. (2014). West African Terebridae revisited, with the description of a new species from the Cape Verde Islands. <em>Conchylia.</em> 44(3-4): 27-47. [March 2014]. [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Fedosov, A. E.; Malcolm, G.; Terryn, Y.; Gorson, J.; Modica, M. V.; Holford, M.; Puillandre, N. (2020). Phylogenetic classification of the family Terebridae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea). <em>Journal of Molluscan Studies.</em> 85(4): 359-388 ["2019"; 2020]., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/eyz004 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
