Y. Terryn 
A new terebrid species from the Caribbean 
As mentioned above, Bratcher & Cernohorsky ( 1987) 
considered the type of Terebra limatula and var. 
acrior to be lost. Subséquent researchers amateurs 
studying terebrids from the Caribbean and adjacent 
areas hâve often ignored the taxon. 
Since then, however quite a nurnber of West 
Atlantic/Caribbean ‘cancellate’ and/or ‘beaded’ 
terebrids hâve been described that resemble Terebra 
limatula'. 
Terebra (s. 1.) crassireticulata Simone, 1999 = nom. 
nov. pro Terebra reticulata Simone & Verrisimo, 
1995; 
Terebra (s. 1.) colombiensis Simone & Gracia, 2006; 
Terebra (s. 1.) simonei Lima, Tenorio & Barros, 2007; 
And to a lesser extent, we can add the following to the 
list: 
Terebra (s. 1.) leptapsis Simone, 1999 = Terebra 
doellojuradoi Carcelles, 1953 fide Faber, 2007, 
synonymy agreed; 
Terebra (s. 1.) intumescyra Lima, Tenorio & Barros, 
2007; 
Terebra (s. 1.) alagoensis Lima, Tenorio & Barros, 
2007. 
The discovery of the types of Terebra (s. I.) limatula 
might affect the validity of the species here 
mentioned, and this is discussed below. 
Further discoveries 
The fishing and collecting operations around the 
island of Guadeloupe by Mr Dominique Lamy hâve 
yielded over the last décades a large nurnber of rare 
discoveries in malacology thanks to his personal 
investment of time and vigorous effort and because of 
his particular fishing methods (dredgings, baited bottle 
traps etc... ). Besides the above-mentioned newly 
described species newly, a nurnber of noteworthy 
species/specimens are here briefly commented on and 
figured. Ail the taxa will need further investigation to 
better understand the intraspecific variability of these 
hard to obtain deeper water species, but this must 
await the arrivai of further specimens. The présent 
énumération serves merely as a photographie 
iconography to illustrate the difficulty of research, the 
huge variety and biodiversity in the Terebridae of the 
Caribbean, and our Iack of knowledge of the fauna. 
No attempt has been made at this stage to assign taxa 
or even give detailed descriptions as they would be 
based on incomplète, dead collected or too few 
specimens. 
SYSTEMATICS 
Family TEREBRIDAE Môrch, 1852 
Ail species here discussed and described will be 
placed in the informai grouping Terebra (s. 1.) (thus 
sensu Bratcher & Cernohorsky, 1987) as opposed to 
Terebra s. s. ( sensu Terryn, 2007), unless otherwise 
mentioned. The actual generic status of the species is 
the subject of continuous research and will be updated 
as information cornes available. 
Terebra lamyi sp. nov. 
Figs 1-4 
Type material. Holotype MNHN 23204, dredged off 
Saint François, Guadeloupe at 250 m, 10.8 mm. 
Paratypes. Ail dredged off Saint François, Guadeloupe 
at 250 m - Paratype 1: DL, 10.6 mm; Paratype 2: DL, 
9.1 mm; Paratype 3: YT, 10.7 mm. 
Type Locality. Off Saint François, Guadeloupe. 
Dredged on muddy bottom at 250 m. 
Additional material. DL, 1 specimen dredged at 150 
m off Port Louis. 
Distribution. Known only from the type locality and 
off Port Louis. 
Habitat. Ail specimens were dredged on a muddy 
substrate. Presumed bathymetrical range for living 
specimens between 150 and 250 m. 
Figures 8-12 
8. Terebra colombiensis Simone & Gracia, 2006. INVMOL 1963, paratype, 15.5 mm, off Bocas de Ceniza, 
Lolombia, 31_-326 m. (Courtesy of Luiz Ricardo L. Simone, MZUSP) (x 0.5). 
’ , t ' c h la ^' ,hl,ll l a Da\\, 1889. USNM 93971, lectotype, 17.9 mm, USA, Florida, between Mississippi Delta 
and Cedar Keys, 203 m. (Courtesy of Ellen Strong, USNM). 
pü" I e 'n ’ la -^' mone ^ Verissimo, 1995. MZUSP 27930, holotype, 22.2 mm, slope off Ubatuba, Sao 
Pau o, Brazil, 320 m. (Picture courtesy of Luiz Ricardo L. Simone, MZUSP ). 
Nnat r^V^ Hmatula Dali, 1889. 11. USNM 92870, paralectotype, 14.7 mm (reconstructed estimate), USA, 
r , al ,° ! ' i na ’ Cape Lookout ’ 40 m. (Photo courtesy of Ellen Strong, USNM). 12. USNM 103436, 5 9 mm, 
Grenada, 134 m. (Photo courtesy of Ellen Strong, USNM). 
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