Teretia elegantissima

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

Teretia elegantissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Teretia
Species:
T. elegantissima
Binomial name
Teretia elegantissima
(Foresti, 1868)

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Pliocene strata off Bologna, Italy

References
  1. 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
  • 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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