Taranidaphne dufresnei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Taranidaphne
Species:
T. dufresnei
Binomial name
Taranidaphne dufresnei
Morassi & Bonfitto, 2001

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 8 mm, fusiform-biconic to broadly-biconic in shape, teleoconch with a small to intermediate number of rapidly expanding whorls, apex acute, last whorl large and inflated.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Yemen and in the Red Sea.

References

  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Taranidaphne dufresnei


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