Teretia monterosatoi is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Teretia monterosatoi | |
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| Shell of Teretia monterosatoi (specimen at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Teretia |
| Species: | T. monterosatoi
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| Binomial name | |
| Teretia monterosatoi (Cipolla, 1914)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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† Daphnella monterosatoi Cipolla, 1914 | |
Distribution
editFossils of this marine species were found in Pliocene strata off Palermo, Italy; and also, in Pliocene strata at the Alpes-Maritimes, France.
References
edit- ^ a b 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
- 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
edit- 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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