Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Neoterebra plicata
Taladro plegado, Braided auger
(T. plicata) Length: 70 mm; diameter: 18 mm.
(T. plicata) Shallow water (less than 200 m depth). Found in coral sand.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Neogastropoda
Superfamily
Conoidea
Family
Terebridae
Genus
Neoterebra
Species
plicata
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Terebra plicata Gray, 1834 (Horton et al., 2021); (T. plicata) AMNH: 111874, ANSP: 81820, 154781, 170374, USNM: 812786, LACM: 31028, 72-193, HH-670, AHF 66-33, AHF 74-33, AHF 81-33, AHF 169-34, AHF 191-34, AHF 322-35, AHF 330-35, AHF 337-35, AHF 340-35, AHF 790-38, CAS: 13230, 13231, BMNH: 1874.11.10.8 (Holotype, locality unknown; Galapagos selected as type locality by Bratcher & Cernohorsky, 1987), CDRS: 116, 717, 810, 1101, FNRS-Belgian expedition to the Galapagos, 1984, MHNG expedition to the Galapagos, 1993
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: (T. plicata) Typical locality in Ecuador (Galapagos Islands) and few species in Central America
- Bratcher, T. Burch, R.D. (1971) The Terebridae (Gastropoda) of Clarion, Socorro, Cocos, and Galapagos Islands. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., 37(21): 537-566.
- Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- Keen, A.M. (1958) Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, 1st edition, 624 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Neoterebra plicata", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=19964. Accessed 30 October 2026.