Typhlodaphne purissima
| Typhlodaphne purissima | |
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| Original drawing of a shell with protoconch and operculum of Typhlodaphne purissima | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Typhlodaphne |
| Species: | T. purissima |
| Binomial name | |
| Typhlodaphne purissima (Strebel, 1908) | |
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Typhlodaphne purissima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
Description
The shell grows to a length of 27 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Argentina, Tierra del Fuego and South Georgia Islands at depths between 94 m and 160 m.
References
- 1 2 Typhlodaphne purissima (Strebel, 1908). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 August 2011.
- Strebel, 1908. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar-Expedition, 1901-1903
External links
- gastropods.com: Typhlodaphne purissima; accessed : 14 August 2011
- Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273-308
- Griffiths, H.J.; Linse, K.; Crame, J.A. (2003). SOMBASE - Southern Ocean mollusc database: a tool for biogeographic analysis in diversity and evolution. Organisms Diversity and Evolution. 3: 207-213
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