Teretia oligocaenica

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

Teretia oligocaenica
Original image of a shell of Teretia oligocaenica (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Teretia
Species:
T. oligocaenica
Binomial name
Teretia oligocaenica
Lozouet, 2017

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Upper Oligocene strata in Aquitaine, France.

References

  1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Teretia oligocaenica Lozouet, 2017 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1056618 on 2020-02-26
  • Lozouet P. (2017). Les Conoidea de l'Oligocène supérieur (Chattien) du bassin de l'Adour (Sud-Ouest de la France). Cossmanniana. 19: 3–180.
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