Terebratula
Genus of brachiopods
title: "Terebratula" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["terebratulida", "prehistoric-brachiopod-genera", "devonian-brachiopods", "carboniferous-brachiopods", "permian-brachiopods", "mesozoic-brachiopods", "cenozoic-brachiopods", "prehistoric-animals-of-africa", "extinct-animals-of-antarctica", "prehistoric-animals-of-asia", "prehistoric-invertebrates-of-oceania", "prehistoric-animals-of-europe", "prehistoric-brachiopods-of-north-america", "mesozoic-animals-of-south-america", "cretaceous-colombia", "fossils-of-colombia", "extant-late-devonian-first-appearances"] description: "Genus of brachiopods" topic_path: "general/terebratulida" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terebratula" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Genus of brachiopods ::
| fossil_range = | image = Terebratula maugerii Boni, 1933.JPG | image_caption = Terebratula maugerii from the Upper Miocene of Cordoba, Spain. | taxon = Terebratula | authority = Müller, 1776 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = |T. terebratula|(Linné, 1758) (type) = Anomia terebratula Terebratula is a modern genus of brachiopods with a fossil record dating back to the Late Devonian. These brachiopods are stationary epifaunal suspension feeders and have a worldwide distribution.
Description
Terebratula species have biconvex egg-shaped shells, anterior margins of the valves have two small folds, concentric growth lines are quite thin or nearly absent. The larger valve has a ventral umbo with the opening through which they extend a short peduncle.
Selected species
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Reassigned species
As Terebratula has been erected early on in paleontology, many species have since been reassigned to other genera. ::data[format=table]
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Gallery
File:Terebrantula ampulla.2 - Plioceno.JPG|Terebrantula ampulla fossil from Pliocene founded in Almería File:Terebratula.jpg|Terebratula longirostris fossil at the Geological Museum, Copenhagen File:Terebratulidae - Terebratula.JPG|Terebratula sp. from the Triassic of Bolzano, Italy
References
References
- (2007). "Fossil Invertebrates". Harvard University Press.
- Moore, R.C.. (1965). "Brachiopoda". Geological Society of America/University of Kansas Press.
- Emig, Christian C.. (2012). "Révision des espèces de brachiopodes décrites par A. Risso [Revision of the brachiopod species described by A. Risso]". Carnets de Géologie.
- Sartenaer, P.. (2010). "Re-examination of the Late Emsian rhynchonellid (brachiopod) Terebratula Daleidensis Roemer, 1844 from the Eifel area, and some related species". Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre.
- Sartenaer, Paul. (2005). "Restatement of Terebratula orbignyana De Vernieuil, 1850, on the basis of the original collection". Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre.
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