Typhlodaphne strebeli
| Typhlodaphne strebeli | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Typhlodaphne |
| Species: | T. strebeli |
| Binomial name | |
| Typhlodaphne strebeli Powell, 1951 | |
Typhlodaphne strebeli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
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
- 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.
External links
- Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308
- Gastropods.com: Typhlodaphne strebeli
- 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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