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Pour les francophiles







Gem Centre Sea Shell

Author : Michel Balleton


Terebra funiculata (Hinds, 1844 )

Sur la partie supérieure de chaque tour, un profond sillon sous-sutural sépare deux cordes spirales importantes. La supérieure est plus forte que l'inférieure. Le reste des tours est sillonné par des spires bien nettes.

Vivant dans le même milieu mais étant différente de par la coloration de son test, la T. langfordi (Pilsbry, 1921) est un synonyme correspondant à la forme rencontrée en Polynésie française.

Taille du spécimen illustré (1) : 40 mm
Taille du spécimen illustré (2) : 38 mm

On the upper part of each whorl, a deep subsututal groove separate two important spiral ribs. The superior is thicker than the inferior. The remaining of the worls is furrowed by distinct spires.

Living in the same habitat as but having a different shell color, T. langfordi (Pilsbry, 1921) is a synonym which correspond to the form of French Polynesia.

Size of the displayed specimen (1) : 40 mm
Size of the displayed specimen (2) : 38 mm


Terebra funiculata - 40 mm T. langfordi Pilsbry, 1921 - 38 mm
(1) Terebra funiculata
(2) Terebra funiculata f.langfordi


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