Teretia turritelloides

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Teretia turritelloides
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Shell of † Teretia turritelloides (holotype)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Teretia
Species:
†T. turritelloides
Binomial name
†Teretia turritelloides
(Bellardi, 1847)
Synonyms [1]

† Pleurotoma turritelloidesBellardi, 1847 superseded combination

Contents

Teretia turritelloides is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. [1]

Description

(Original description in Latin) The shell is turreted: the spire is elevated; the whorls are convex and are multi-carinate (having many keels or ridges). The median keel is more elevated; the [whorls are] canaliculated (grooved) and smooth posteriorly (behind, or on the upper part); the body whorl is rounded and striate (grooved with lines) anteriorly (in front, or on the lower part). The siphonal canal is short and contorted (twisted). The outer lip is wing-shaped, simple, and sharp; [there is] a deep fissure. [2]

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Piedmont, Italy.

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Teretia turritelloides (Bellardi, 1847) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=832487 on 2020-02-26
  2. ↑ Bellardi, L. (1847) Monografia delle Pleurotome fossili del Piemonte. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, serie 2 (9), 531–650 PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
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