Biology:Teretia anceps
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Short description: Extinct species of gastropod
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| Shell of Teretia anceps (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Teretia |
| Species: | T. anceps
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| Teretia anceps (Eichwald, 1830)
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Teretia anceps is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell reaches 11.5 mm, its diameter 4 mm.
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species were found in Upper Pliocene strata in Alpes-Maritimes, France and in Italy; also in Middle Miocene strata in Poland .
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Teretia anceps (Eichwald, 1830). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
- Cossmann (M.), 1896 - Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée (2ème livraison), p. 1-179
- Brunetti, M.; Vecchi, G. (2003). Sul ritrovamento di Teretia elengatissima (Foresti, 1868) in terreni pliocenici dell'Emilia e della Toscana. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana. 42: 49-57
External links
- Eichwald, E. (1830). Naturhistorische Skizze von Lithauen, Volhynien und Podolien in geognostisch-mineralogischer, botanischer und zoologischer Hinsicht. Wilna [Vilnius, Zawadzki. 256 p., 3 pl]
- Bellardi L. (1877), I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria /
External links
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa 682: 1–1295. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q3715607 entry
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