Teretia acus

Teretia acus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Teretia acus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Teretia
Species:
T. acus
Binomial name
Teretia acus
(Barnard, 1958)
Synonyms[1]

Acrobela acus Barnard, 1958

Description

The length of the shell attains 4.75 mm, its diameter 2 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Cape Recife, South Africa

References

  1. Teretia acus (Barnard, 1958). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Kilburn R.N. (1986). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 27: 633-720.
  • Giles, E. & Gosliner, T. (1983) Primary type specimens of marine Mollusca (excluding Cephalopoda) in the South African Museum. Annals of the South African Museum, 92, 1–52.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Barnard K.H. (1958), Contribution to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part 1. Gastropoda; Prosobranchiata: Toxoglossa; Annals of the South African Museum. Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum; vol. 44 (1958)


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