Teleochilus
Sign in to saveTeleochilus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
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It is catalogued under topics including Raphitomidae and Teleochilus.
Its subject is documented across 5 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Parent taxon
- Raphitomidae
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- Teleochilus royanus 001.jpg
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- taxon name
- Teleochilus
- taxon rank
- genus
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Teleochilus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Raphitomidae.
==Description== (Original description) The protoconch is large, with 1½ depressed whorls, spirally and longitudinally striated from the initial portion onwards, the spiral striae developing into well-defined sulcations as the shell passes from the brephic to the neanic stages of growth.
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