title: Teretia cincta
text: # Teretia cincta
  
  Teretia cincta is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.
  
  ## Description
  
  The length of the shell attains 10.6 mm, its diameter 5 mm.
  
  (Original description in Italian) This species is very similar to Teretia anceps, but it must be distinguished by a less delicate shape, because the whorls are shorter and therefore relatively wider. The cinguli are thinner and more protruding. The interstices are much wider.
  
  ## Distribution
  
  Fossils of this marine species were found in Pliocene strata in Calabria, Italy
  
  