Teretia cincta
Extinct species of gastropod
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Teretia cincta is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Teretia cincta | |
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| Original image of a shell of † Teretia cincta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Teretia |
| Species: | T. cincta |
| Binomial name | |
| Teretia cincta (Seguenza, 1880) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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† Homotoma cincta Seguenza, 1880 | |
Description
The length of the shell attains 10.6 mm, its diameter 5 mm.
(Original description in Italian) This species is very similar to Teretia anceps, but it must be distinguished by a less delicate shape, because the whorls are shorter and therefore relatively wider. The cinguli are thinner and more protruding. The interstices are much wider.[2]