Terebralia palustris

Terebralia palustris
	Terebralia palustris
	Terebralia palustris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Sorbeoconcha
Superfamily:	Cerithioidea
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, common name the giant mangrove whelk, is a species of brackish-water snail, a gastropod 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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