Taranidaphne amphitrites

Taranidaphne amphitrites is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Taranidaphne amphitrites
Original image of a shell of Taranidaphne amphitrites
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Taranidaphne
Species:
T. amphitrites
Binomial name
Taranidaphne amphitrites
(Melvill & Standen, 1903)
Synonyms[1]
  • Daphnella (Pleurotomella) amphitrites Melvill & Standen, 1903
  • Pleurotomella amphitrites (Melvill, 1917)
  • Taranis amphitrites Kilburn, 1991

Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The delicate ovate-cylindrical shell is semi-transparent and has a milky white color. It contains 7-8 whorls of which 2⅓ whorls in the protoconch. These are white and rather slowly decussate. The subsequent whorls show lirate ribs. They are spirally crossed by denser lirae forming gemmules in the junctions. The white aperture is ovate-oblong with a glassy interior. The outer lip is thin. The siphonal canal is short and slightly recurved. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Gulf of Oman and off Yemen.

References
  1. Taranidaphne amphitrites (Melvill & Standen, 1903). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  2. Melvill J.C. & Standen R. (1903). Descriptions of sixty-eight new Gastropoda from the Persian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, and North Arabian Sea, dredged by the Indo-European Telegraph Service, 1901–1903. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. ser. 7, 12: 289-324
  • Morassi, M. A. U. R. O., and A. Bonfitto. "Taranidaphne dufresnei (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Turridae), new genus and species from Yemen, Red Sea." VELIGER-BERKELEY- 44.1 (2001): 66-72.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Taranidaphne amphitrites
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