| Terebralia palustris | |
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| Terebralia palustris | |
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| Terebralia palustris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Potamididae |
| Genus: | Terebralia |
| Species: | T. palustris
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| Binomial name | |
| Terebralia palustris (Linnaeus, 1767)
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Terebralia palustris, common name the giant mangrove whelk, is a species of brackish-water snail, a gastropod mollusk in the family Potamididae.[1] This tropical species which inhabits mangrove environments of the Indo-West Pacific region,[2] has the widest geographic distribution amongst the potamidids [3] 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.[2]
- ^ a b Terebralia palustris (Linnaeus, 1767). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 17 May 2010.
- ^ a b Houbrick R. S. (1999) Systematic review and functional morphology of the mangrove snails Terebralia and Telescopium (Potamididae; Prosobranchia). Malacologica 33: 289-338.
- ^ Pape E., Muthumbi A., Kamanu C. P., Vanreusel A. (2008) Size-dependent distribution and feeding habits of Terebralia palustris in mangrove habitats of Gazi Bay, Kenya. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 76: 797-808.