Teretia anceps

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

Teretia anceps
Shell of Teretia anceps (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this 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[1]
  • † 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
  1. Teretia anceps (Eichwald, 1830). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • 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
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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