Teretia megalembryon

Teretia megalembryon
	Shell of Teretia megalembryon (syntype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Teretia
Species:	T. megalembryon
Binomial name
	Teretia megalembryon; (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)
Synonyms
	Azorilla megalembryon (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896); Mangelia strongyla Dall, 1927; Mangilia sericifila var. strongyla Dall, 1927; Mangilia percompacta Dall, 1927; Pleurotoma megalembryon Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896 (original combination); Pleurotomella megalembryon (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896); Teretia strongyla (Dall, 1927);

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 3 mm.

The minute, solid shell is whitish, except for the yellowish brown protoconch. The shell consists of 7 convex whorls, including 4 whorls in the protoconch. The suture is distinct, constricted, with a fringe of minute axial wrinkles on the fasciole in front of it. There are many well-developed growth lines. There is no other axial sculpture except faint incremental lines. The spiral sculpture consists of (on the penultimate whorl 6 and on the body whorl about 10) fine, equal and equally distributed low threads with narrower interspaces, covering the whole shell except the anal fasciole. The aperture is ample, hardly differentiated from the short siphonal canal. The anal sulcus is wide and rather deep. The sharp outer lip is prominently arcuate. The almost vertical columella is short, twisted, strong. The axis is minutely pervious.^[2]^[3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores and off Georgia, USA.

References

^ ^a ^b MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Teretia megalembryon (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1391764 on 2019-12-06
^ Dautzenberg P. & Fischer H. (1896). Dragages effectués par l'Hirondelle et par la Princesse Alice 1888-1895. 1. Mollusques Gastéropodes. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France. 395-498, pl. 15-22
^ Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United states by the United States Fisheries Steamer "Albatross", in 1885 and 1886. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 70(18): 1-134

Beu, A.G. 2011 Marine Molluscs of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 4. Gastropoda (Ptenoglossa, Neogastropoda, Heterobranchia). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 41, 1–153

External links

[WoRMS-1] MolluscaBase (2019). MolluscaBase. Teretia megalembryon (Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1391764 on 2019-12-06

[2] Dautzenberg P. & Fischer H. (1896). Dragages effectués par l'Hirondelle et par la Princesse Alice 1888-1895. 1. Mollusques Gastéropodes. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France. 395-498, pl. 15-22

[3] Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United states by the United States Fisheries Steamer "Albatross", in 1885 and 1886. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 70(18): 1-134

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