Rotational symmetries of a double tetrahedron

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Consider the following problem: given two copies of a regular tetrahedron, glue these two copies together along a face. Describe the rotational symmetries of the resulting solid.

My approach. The rotations are:

  • the identity
  • two rotations about the axis connecting two vertices and the center of the common face
  • one rotation for each of the three axis passing through the three vertices of the common face and the opposite edge of the common face

for a total of 6 rotations. Am I right?