Conservation
Juveniles of Terebralia palustris feeding on detritus, near Pemba, Mozambique © David Reid, Natural History Museum, London
This species is probably not endangered at present, but is nevertheless threatened by the widespread destruction of the mangrove forests upon which it is dependent.
The larvae are planktonic, and so recruitment from nearby populations may reestablish the species if local populations disappear.
The animal is edible and gathered for food in some indigenous communities.
Collection by humans in historic times may have contributed to local extinction in Okinawa and Taiwan.
