Typhlodaphne
| Typhlodaphne | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Typhlodaphne Powell, 1951 |
| Type species | |
| Bela purissima Strebel, 1908 | |
Typhlodaphne is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
Description
The smooth protoconch is bluntly rounded and paucispiral, consisting of two whorls. The sinus is subsutural, steeply descending and then produced forward to meet the arcuately produced outer lip. The vestigial operculum may reflect an archaic condition.[2]
Species
Species within the genus Typhlodaphne include:
- Typhlodaphne corpulenta (Watson, 1881)[3]
- Typhlodaphne filostriata (Strebel, 1905)[4]
- Typhlodaphne innocentia Dell, 1990
- Typhlodaphne nipri Numanami, 1996[5]
- Typhlodaphne payeni (Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885)[6]
- Typhlodaphne platamodes (Watson, 1881)[7]
- Typhlodaphne purissima (Strebel, 1908)[8]
- Typhlodaphne strebeli Powell, 1951[9]
- Species brought into synonymy
- * Typhlodaphne translucida (Watson, 1881):[10] synonym of Xanthodaphne translucida (Watson, 1881)
References
- ^ a b Typhlodaphne Powell, 1951. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 August 2011.
- ^ A.W. Powell, Antarctic and Subantarctic Mollusca. Pelecypoda and Gastropoda; Discovery reports. v.26 (1954)
- ^ Typhlodaphne corpulenta (Watson, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Typhlodaphne filostriata (Strebel, 1905). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Typhlodaphne nipri Numanami, 1996. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Typhlodaphne payeni (Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Typhlodaphne platamodes (Watson, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Typhlodaphne purissima (Strebel, 1908). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Typhlodaphne strebeli Powell, 1951. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
- ^ Typhlodaphne translucida (Watson, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
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