''Teretiopsis'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
Sea snails are slow-moving marine (ocean), marine gastropod Mollusca, molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the Taxonomic classification, taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguishe ...
s, marine
gastropod
Gastropods (), commonly known as slugs and snails, belong to a large Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, freshwater, and fro ...
mollusk
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s in the
family
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Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families" ...
.
Species
Species within the genus ''Teretiopsis'' include:
* ''
Teretiopsis abyssalis''
Kantor & Sysoev, 1989
* ''
Teretiopsis hyalina''
Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001
* ''
Teretiopsis levicarinatus''
Kantor & Sysoev, 1989
* ''
Teretiopsis nodicarinatus''
Kantor & Sysoev, 1989
* ''
Teretiopsis thaumastopsis
''Teretiopsis thaumastopsis'' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
Description
The length of the shell attains 10 mm, its diameter 5.5 mm.
(Original description in Latin and French) The shell is thi ...
''
(Dautzenberg & Fischer H., 1896)
;Synonyms:
* ''Teretiopsis levicarinatus''
Kantor & Sysoev, 1989: synonym of ''Teretiopsis levicarinata''
Kantor & Sysoev, 1989 (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
* ''Teretiopsis nodicarinatus''
Kantor & Sysoev, 1989: synonym of ''Teretiopsis nodicarinata''
Kantor & Sysoev, 1989 (wrong gender agreement of specific epithet)
References
External links
Kantor, Yu I., and A. V. Sysoev. "The morphology of toxoglossan gastropods lacking a radula, with a description of new species and genus of Turridae." Journal of Molluscan Studies 55.4 (1989): 537-549*
Raphitomidae
Gastropod genera
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