Pristiterebra
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Pristiterebra is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Terebridae, the auger snails.
Nomenclature
The name Pristiterebra is not available (no description, no type species designation) from Taki & Oyama, 1954 (Palaeontological Society of Japan, Special Papers 2: 28). It was given precedence over the simultaneously published Laeviacus by First Reviser's choice by Terryn & Holford, 2009, Visaya, suppl. 3; 46.
Species
Species within the genus Pristiterebra include:
- Pristiterebra bifrons (Hinds, 1844)
- Pristiterebra frausseni Poppe, Tagaro & Terryn, 2009
- Pristiterebra miranda (E.A. Smith, 1873)
- Pristiterebra pustulosa (E.A. Smith, 1879)
- † Pristiterebra tsuboiana (Yokoyama, 1922)
- Pristiterebra tuberculosa (Hinds, 1844)
Species brought into synonymy
- Pristiterebra glauca (Hinds, 1844): synonym of Neoterebra glauca (Hinds, 1844)
- Pristiterebra macleani (Bratcher, 1988): synonym of Partecosta macleani (Bratcher, 1988)
- Pristiterebra milelinae (Aubry, 1999): synonym of Terebra bellanodosa Grabau & S. G. King, 1928
- Pristiterebra petiveriana (Deshayes, 1857): synonym of Neoterebra petiveriana (Deshayes, 1857)
- Oyama K. (1961). On some new facts of the taxonomy of Terebridae. Venus. 21(2): 176-189
- Terryn Y. (2007). Terebridae: A Collectors Guide. Conchbooks & NaturalArt. 59pp + plates