Terebridae

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Terebridae
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:family
gptkbp:class gptkb:Gastropoda
gptkbp:commonName auger snails
gptkbp:describedBy gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Lamarck
gptkbp:describedYear 1807
gptkbp:diet carnivorous
gptkbp:distribution worldwide, mostly tropical and subtropical seas
gptkbp:economicImportance collected for shells
gptkbp:habitat gptkb:marine
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Terebridae
gptkbp:kingdom gptkb:Animalia
gptkbp:larvalStage planktonic
gptkbp:notableGenus Duplicaria
Hastula
Myurella
Terebra
gptkbp:numberOfSpecies over 20
over 400
gptkbp:order gptkb:Neogastropoda
gptkbp:phylum gptkb:Mollusca
gptkbp:predators marine worms
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Drilliidae
gptkb:Conidae
gptkbp:reproduction sexual
gptkbp:shape elongated, auger-like
gptkbp:shellColor varied, often patterned
gptkbp:shellLength up to 15 cm
gptkbp:superfamily gptkb:Conoidea
gptkbp:typeSpecies Terebra
gptkbp:venomous true
gptkbp:venomUse biomedical research
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Prosobranchia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6