Teretia multicingula explained

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 15 mm, its diameter 6 mm.

(Original description in Italian) This is also a species close to Teretia anceps from which it differs by the shape and the course of the cinguli, which are very numerous, not very prominent, and very close so that the interstices become minimal. The convex whorls have deep sutures.^[2]

Distribution

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

References

• 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

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 multicingula (Seguenza, 1880) †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=832502 on 2020-02-25
2. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/89318#page/268/mode/1up Seguenza, G. (1880) Le formazioni terziarie nella provincia di Reggio (Calabria). Memorie della Classe di Scienze Fisiche Matematiche e Naturali della Regia Accademia del Lincei, serie 3 (6), 1–445