Teleochilus denseliratus
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| Teleochilus denseliratus 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. denseliratus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Teleochilus denseliratus Powell, 1944 | |
Teleochilus denseliratus is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.[1] Fossils of the species date to the middle Miocene, and have been found in strata of the Otway Basin of South Australia and Victoria.
In the original description, Powell described the species as follows:
Shell very large for the genus, slender, subcylindrical. Aperture more than half height of shell. Post-nuclear sculpture of six flat-topped, linear-spaced cords on first whorl, doubled on next by bifurcation of all cords, and increased to 14 on penultimate; body-whorl with about 58 weak, irregularly developed, narrow cords. There is a slight shoulder sulcus below the second cord from the suture, being marked by a wider interspace, equal to the width of two cords. Axial sculpture obsolete.[2]
The holotype of the species measures 29.3 mm (1.15 in) in height and 8.9 mm (0.35 in) in diameter.[2]