Teretia monterosatoi explained

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

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Pliocene strata off Palermo, Italy; and also, in Pliocene strata at the Alpes-Maritimes, France.

References

• Cipolla, F. (1914) Le Pleurotomidi del Pliocene di Altavilla (Palermo). Palaeontographia Italica, 20, 105–181, pls. 1(12)–3(14) page(s): 160, pl. 14 fig. 6 a-b
• 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.
• Chirli (C.) & Richard (C.), 2008 Les Mollusques plaisanciens de la Côte d’Azur, p. 1-128

External links

• 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) . Zootaxa . 682 . 1–1295 . 10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1 .

Notes and References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Teretia monterosatoi (Cipolla, 1914) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=832500 on 2020-02-26