Teretia anceps

Teretia anceps is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.

Teretia anceps
Shell of Teretia anceps (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Teretia
Species:	T. anceps
Binomial name
Teretia anceps (Eichwald, 1830)
Synonyms
† Daphnella (Teres) anceps (Eichwald, 1830) Defrancia teres Jeffreys, 1857 Mangelia teres Forb. & Hanl., 1849 † Pleurotoma anceps Eichwald, 1830 Pleurotoma borealis Löven, 1846 Pleurotoma fusiformis Req., 1848 (doubtful synonym) Pleurotoma minuta Arad., 1846 Pleurotoma renieri Cont., 1864 Pleurotoma teres Forb., 1843 Trophon paullulum Wood, 1848 (doubtful synonym)

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

• 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.