Teretiopsis nodicarinatus

Teretiopsis nodicarinatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Teretiopsis
Species:	T. nodicarinatus
Binomial name
Teretiopsis nodicarinatus Kantor & Sysoev, 1989

Teretiopsis nodicarinatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk belonging to the family Raphitomidae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.9 mm, its diameter 2.9 mm.

Teretiopsis nodicarinatus live in demersal and tropical environments. ^[1]

Distribution

This marine species was found in Southeast Pacific, off the Salas y Gómez Ridge at a depth of 750 m. ^[1]

References

1. Teretiopsis nodicarinatus Kantor & Sysoev, 1989 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 April 2010.

External links

• Kantor, Yu.I. & Sysoev, A.S. (1989) The morphology of toxoglossan gastropods lacking a radula, with a description of a new species and genus of Turridae. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 55, 537–550
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.