About Terebra subulata (Linnaeus, 1767)
The shells of Terebra subulata grow up to 115 mm (4.5 inches) long and 16 mm (0.63 inches) wide. They typically have around 25 smoothly rounded whorls and a pointed spire. The aperture is very small, with a thin outer lip. The columella is twisted, and the fasciole is small. The anterior canal is truncated and curved. The shell surface is sculpted with fine axial threads and faint, irregular spiral grooves; the region just below the suture is raised to form a spiral band. The base shell color is cream, with two rows of dark brown square blotches on the early whorls, and three rows of these blotches on the body whorl. This species occurs in waters between 0 and 10 meters depth, ranging from the coasts of East Africa and Madagascar east to Eastern Polynesia, Japan, Hawaii, and Australia.
