Teretia anceps

Teretia anceps
	Shell of Teretia anceps (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	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);

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

Description

The length of the shell reaches 11.5 mm, its diameter 4 mm.

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.

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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

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