Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Cerithioidea Genus Terebralia Phylum Mollusca | Class Gastropoda Family Potamididae Scientific name Terebralia semistriata Rank Species | |
Similar Cerithideopsis costata, Terebralia sulcata, Cerithidea balteata, Cerithidea quoyii, Telescopium |
Terebralia semistriata, common name the striate mud creeper, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae.
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Description
The length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 75 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs also in intertidal flats, mangroves, mud-silt off Papua New Guinea and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).
References
Terebralia semistriata Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA