original description
Pease, W. H. (1869). Description of new species of marine Gasteropodæ inhabiting Polynesia. <em>American Journal of Conchology.</em> 5: 64-79., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15978904
page(s): 66 [details]
status source
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]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Bratcher & Cernohorsky (1987: 206) treated Terebra costellifera Pease, 1869, and Terebra thaanumi Pilsbry, 1921, as synonyms. They listed T. costellifera as a "nomen oblitum", and used T. thaanumi as the valid name. However, this reversal of priority does not meet the requirements of the ICZN Code (which accepts "nomina oblita" only if they were declared so between 1961 and 1972). T. costellifera has precedence over T. thaanumi. [details]