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Typhlodaphne

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Clade
  
Hypsogastropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Caenogastropoda

Clade
  
Neogastropoda

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

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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.

Species

Species within the genus Typhlodaphne include:

  • Typhlodaphne corpulenta (Watson, 1881)
  • Typhlodaphne filostriata (Strebel, 1905)
  • Typhlodaphne innocentia Dell, 1990
  • Typhlodaphne nipri Numanami, 1996
  • Typhlodaphne payeni (Rochebrune & Mabille, 1885)
  • Typhlodaphne platamodes (Watson, 1881)
  • Typhlodaphne purissima (Strebel, 1908)
  • Typhlodaphne strebeli Powell, 1951
    • Species brought into synonymy
  • * Typhlodaphne translucida (Watson, 1881): synonym of Xanthodaphne translucida (Watson, 1881)

    • References

    Typhlodaphne Wikipedia
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