Teretiopsis levicarinatus

Teretiopsis levicarinatus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Teretiopsis levicarinatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Teretiopsis
Species:
T. levicarinatus
Binomial name
Teretiopsis levicarinatus
Kantor & Sysoev, 1989

Description

The length of the shell attains 10.7 mm, its diameter (with broken outer lip) 6.4 mm.

Distribution

This marine species was found off Liberia at a depth of 2,800 m.

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References

  • Kantor, Yu.I. & Sysoev, A.S. (1989) The morphology of toxoglossan gastropods lacking a radula, with a description of a new species and genus of Turridae. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 55, 537–550
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.


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