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Family: Terebratellidae (See list of species below)

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18 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Aerothyris kerguelenensis []	No picture found Calloria inconspicua []	No picture found Dyscritosia secreta []
No picture found Gyrothyris mawsoni []	No picture found Gyrothyris williamsi []	No picture found Jaffaia jaffaensis []
No picture found Magellania fragilis []	Magellania joubini []	No picture found Magellania macquariensis []
Magellania venosa [Large smooth brachiopod]	No picture found Neothyris compressa []	Neothyris lenticularis []
No picture found Pirothyris vercoi []	No picture found Terebratella crenulata [Fimbriate auger]	No picture found Terebratella dorsata [Ribbed brachiopod]
No picture found Terebratella enzenspergeri []	No picture found Terebratella rubiginosa []	No picture found Terebratella sanguinea []

18 Species of Family Terebratellidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Aerothyris kerguelenensis		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Calloria inconspicua		Southwest Pacific	0.2 TL
Dyscritosia secreta		Atlantic Antarctic
Gyrothyris mawsoni		Southwest Pacific
Gyrothyris williamsi		Western Central Pacific.
Jaffaia jaffaensis		Southwest Pacific	0.9 TL
Magellania fragilis		Southwest Pacific
Magellania joubini		Antarctic Indian Ocean an	1.3 TL
Magellania macquariensis		Southwest Pacific
Magellania venosa	Large smooth brachiopod	Southeast Pacific and Sou	0.46 TL
Neothyris compressa		Southwest Pacific
Neothyris lenticularis		Southwest Pacific
Pirothyris vercoi		Australia.
Terebratella crenulata	Fimbriate auger	Central Pacific
Terebratella dorsata	Ribbed brachiopod	Southeast Pacific, Southw
Terebratella enzenspergeri		Antarctic Indian Ocean
Terebratella rubiginosa		Southeast Atlantic and We
Terebratella sanguinea		Southwest Pacific

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