Typhlodaphne

Typhlodaphne is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Typhlodaphne
Typhlodaphne corpulenta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Typhlodaphne
Powell, 1951
Type species
Bela purissima
Strebel, 1908

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:

Species brought into synonymy

References
  1. Typhlodaphne Powell, 1951. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 August 2011.
  2. A.W. Powell, Antarctic and Subantarctic Mollusca. Pelecypoda and Gastropoda; Discovery reports. v.26 (1954)
  3. Typhlodaphne corpulenta (Watson, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  4. Typhlodaphne filostriata (Strebel, 1905). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  5. Typhlodaphne payeni (Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  6. Typhlodaphne platamodes (Watson, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  7. Typhlodaphne purissima (Strebel, 1908). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  8. Typhlodaphne strebeli Powell, 1951. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.
  9. Typhlodaphne translucida (Watson, 1881). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 April 2010.


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