Teretia elegantissima is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Teretia elegantissima | |
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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. elegantissima
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| Binomial name | |
| Teretia elegantissima (Foresti, 1868)
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Description
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Distribution
editFossils of this marine species were found in Pliocene strata off Bologna, Italy
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Teretia elegantissima (Foresti, 1868) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=832488 on 2020-02-26
- Foresti, L. (1874) Catalogo dei molluschi fossili pliocenici delle colline bolognesi: Mem.Acc. Sc. Ist. Bologna, ser II, 7, 1–99.
- 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
edit- Morassi M. & Bonfitto A. (2015). New Indo-Pacific species of the genus Teretia Norman, 1888 (Gastropoda: Raphitomidae). Zootaxa. 3911(4): 560-570
- Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.
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