Teretia cincta | |
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Original image of a shell of † Teretia cincta | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Raphitomidae |
Genus: | Teretia |
Species: | T. cincta
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Binomial name | |
Teretia cincta (Seguenza, 1880)
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Synonyms[1] | |
† Homotoma cincta Seguenza, 1880 |
Teretia cincta is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
The length of the shell attains 10.6 mm, its diameter 5 mm.
(Original description in Italian) This species is very similar to Teretia anceps, but it must be distinguished by a less delicate shape, because the whorls are shorter and therefore relatively wider. The cinguli are thinner and more protruding. The interstices are much wider. [2]
Fossils of this marine species were found in Pliocene strata in Calabria, Italy