Teretia
Encyclopedia
Teretia is a genus
of sea snail
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Conidae.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sea snail
Sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for those snails that normally live in saltwater, marine gastropod molluscs....
s, marine gastropod mollusks in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Conidae.
Species
Species within the genus Teretia include:- Teretia acusTeretia acusTeretia acus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae....
(Barnard, 1958) - Teretia ancepsTeretia ancepsTeretia anceps is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae....
(Eichwald, 1830) - Teretia teresTeretia teresTeretia teres is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae....
(Reeve, 1844) - Teretia thaumastopsisTeretia thaumastopsisTeretia thaumastopsis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae....
(Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896)