WoRMS name details
Terebra ambrosia Melvill, 1912
447401 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:447401)
unaccepted (original combination)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Melvill, J. C. (1912). Descriptions of thirty-three new species of Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 10 (3): 240-254, pls 11-12., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15237219
page(s): 250, pl. 11, fig. 10. [details]
page(s): 250, pl. 11, fig. 10. [details]
Type locality contained in Pakistan
type locality contained in Pakistan [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Terebra ambrosia Melvill, 1912. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=447401 on 2025-05-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Melvill, J. C. (1912). Descriptions of thirty-three new species of Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea. <em>Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London.</em> 10 (3): 240-254, pls 11-12., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15237219
page(s): 250, pl. 11, fig. 10. [details]
page(s): 250, pl. 11, fig. 10. [details]
Other
additional 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.
note: treated as synonym of Terebra polygyrata [details]
additional source Bibi, S.; Terryn, Y.; Siddiqui, P. J. A.; Iqbal, P. (2021). In the wake of Captain Townsend – Poorly known and cryptic Terebridae (Gastropoda: Conoidea) of Pakistan. <em>Gloria Maris.</em> 60 (2): 43-59.
page(s): pl. 3 fig. 9; note: lectotype illustrated [details]
note: treated as synonym of Terebra polygyrata [details]
additional source Bibi, S.; Terryn, Y.; Siddiqui, P. J. A.; Iqbal, P. (2021). In the wake of Captain Townsend – Poorly known and cryptic Terebridae (Gastropoda: Conoidea) of Pakistan. <em>Gloria Maris.</em> 60 (2): 43-59.
page(s): pl. 3 fig. 9; note: lectotype illustrated [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
