Typhlodaphne purissima

Typhlodaphne purissima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Typhlodaphne purissima
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)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela purissima Strebel, 1908
  • Mangelia purissima (Strebel, 1908)

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

  • Strebel, 1908. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Südpolar-Expedition, 1901-1903
  • "Typhlodaphne purissima". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 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
  • Kantor Y.I., Harasewych M.G. & Puillandre N. (2016). A critical review of Antarctic Conoidea (Neogastropoda). Molluscan Research. 36(3): 153-206


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