Biology:Typhlodaphne

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Typhlodaphne
Typhlodaphne corpulenta 001.jpg
Typhlodaphne corpulenta
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Typhlodaphne
Powell, 1951
Type species
Bela purissima
Strebel, 1908

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

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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3719905 entry