''Teretiopsis abyssalis'' is a
species
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of
sea snail, a marine
gastropod mollusk
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in the
family
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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 ...
.
Description
The length of the shell attains 14.3 mm, its diameter 9.2 mm.
Distribution
This marine species was found east of
Japan at a depth of 5,510 m.
References
External links
Kantor, Yu.I. & Sysoev, A.S. (1989) The morphology of toxoglossan gastropods lacking a radula, with a description of a new species and genus of Turridae. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 55, 537–550*
abyssalis
Gastropods described in 1989
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