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''Teretia multicingula'' is an extinct
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of sea snail, a marine gastropod
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Raphitomidae Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". '' Malacologia'' 47(1-2). . 3 ...
.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


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
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s have deep sutures.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
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Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in
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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
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Teretia Multicingula multicingula Gastropods described in 1880