Typhlodaphne strebeli

Typhlodaphne strebeli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Typhlodaphne strebeli
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Typhlodaphne
Species:
T. strebeli
Binomial name
Typhlodaphne strebeli
Powell, 1951

Description

The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 30 mm. The elongate, ovate-fusiform shell has a buff color. It differs from Typhlodaphne purissima (Strebel, 1908) by being slender, having a smaller protoconch (1½ whorls) and showing flexuous, closely spaced, subobsolete axials (numbering 18 to 24) over the 5 whorls of the teleoconch. The shoulder is slightly concave. The narrowly ovate aperture has a rounded anterior end. Across the shell run numerous microscopic lirae.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs along the Tierra del Fuego.

References
  1. Typhlodaphne strebeli Powell, 1951. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 August 2011.
  2. A.W. Powell, Antarctic and Subantarctic Mollusca. Pelecypoda and Gastropoda; Discovery reports. v.26 (1954)
  • Powell, A.W.B., 1951. Discovery Reports. Antarctic and Subantarctic Mollusca.
  • Powell, Arthur William Baden. "Antarctic and subantarctic Mollusca." Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 5.3/4 (1960): 117–193.
  • Powell, A. W. B. "Mollusca of Antarctic and Subantarctic seas." Biogeography and ecology in Antarctica. Springer Netherlands, 1965. 333–380.
  • Powell, A.W.B.. "In evaluating the molluscan faunas of Antarctic and Subantarctic seas many factors both past and present require to be considered." Biogeography and Ecology in Antarctica 15 (2013): 333.
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  • "Typhlodaphne strebeli". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • Linse, Katrin. "Mollusca of the Magellan region. A checklist of the species and their distribution." Scientia Marina 63.S1 (1999): 399-407
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