Teleochilus comptus
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| Teleochilus comptus Temporal range: | |
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| Holotype from Auckland War Memorial Museum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Teleochilus |
| Species: | †T. comptus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Teleochilus comptus Powell, 1944 | |
Teleochilus comptus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.[1] Fossils of the species date to the late Oligocene and early Miocene, and have been found in strata of the Port Phillip Basin of Victoria, Australia.
In the original description, Powell described the species as follows:
Shell small, ovate-biconic. Aperture almost two-thirds height of shell. Post-nuclear sculpture of 9-10 rather broad, flat-topped cords, with linear interspaces. Shoulder sulcus, a slightly wider interspace between cords 2 and 3 from the suture. About 34 cords on the body-whorl, 10 of which are on the neck. Protoconch almost smooth, showing 8-9 very faint spiral threads. Aperture much smaller than in other species. Lower inside portion of pillar with 7-8 oblique characteristic Daphnellid plications.[2]
The holotype of the species measures 12.7 mm (0.50 in) in height and 5 mm (0.20 in) in diameter.[2]