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

Teretiopsis hyalina
Shell of Teretiopsis hyalina (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Teretiopsis
Species:
T. hyalina
Binomial name
Teretiopsis hyalina
Sysoev & Bouchet, 2001

Description

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The length of the shell attains 25.8 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species was found off Wallis Island, Polynesia and off Fiji, Melanesia

References

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  • Sysoev, A.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Gastéropodes turriformes (Gastropoda: Conoidea) nouveaux ou peu connus du Sud-Ouest Pacifique = New and uncommon turriform gastropods (Gastropoda: Conoidea) from the South-West Pacific. in: Bouchet, P. et al. (Ed.) Tropical deep-sea benthos. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. 185: 271-320
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  • MNHN, Paris: holotype
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.1-1295&rft.date=2004&rft_id=info:doi/10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1&rft.aulast=Tucker&rft.aufirst=J.K.&rft_id=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00682f.pdf&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Teretiopsis hyalina" class="Z3988">