Terebralia palustris

Terebralia palustris
Terebralia palustris
Terebralia palustris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Potamididae
Genus: Terebralia
Species:
T. palustris
Binomial name
Terebralia palustris
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
  • Cerithium carinatum Perry, G., 1811
  • Potamides palustris (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Strombus agnatus Gmelin, J.F., 1791
  • Strombus augustus Gmelin, J.F., 1791
  • Strombus crassum Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
  • Strombus trisulcatus Forskål, P., 1775

Terebralia palustris, commonly known as the giant mangrove whelk, is a species of brackish-water snail, a mollusk in the family Potamididae. This tropical species which inhabits mangrove environments of the Indo-West Pacific region, has the widest geographic distribution amongst the potamidids extending from eastern Africa to northern Australia. Terebralia palustris is the largest mangrove gastropod, with a maximum shell length of 190 mm recorded from Arnhem Land, Australia.

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