''Teretia guersi'' is an extinct

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, a marine

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in the

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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). . 39 ...

.MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Teretia guersi Schnetler, 2005 †. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=832493 on 2020-02-26

Description

Distribution

Fossils of this marine species were found in Late

Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and means "less recen ...

strata in

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References

* Schnetler, K.I. (2005) ''The Mollusca from the Stratotype of the Gram Formation (Late Miocene, Denmark)''. – In: Roth, F. & Hoedemakers, K. (Eds.), The Geology and Palaeontology of the Gram Formation (Late Miocene) in Denmark, Part 1. Palaeontos 7, 62–190.

External links

Morassi M. & Bonfitto A. (2015). ''New Indo-Pacific species of the genus Teretia Norman, 1888 (Gastropoda: Raphitomidae).'' Zootaxa. 3911(4): 560-570
* guersi Gastropods described in 2005 {{Raphitomidae-stub