Xanthodaphne bruneri

Xanthodaphne bruneri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Xanthodaphne bruneri
Shell and protoconch of Xanthodaphne bruneri (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:
Conoidea
Family:
Raphitomidae
Genus:
Xanthodaphne
Species:
X. bruneri
Binomial name
Xanthodaphne bruneri
(Verrill, 1884)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotomella bruneri Verrill, 1884

Description

Distribution

The holotype of this marine species was found southeast off the Nantucket Shoals, Massachusetts, United States, North Atlantic Ocean at a depth of 3718 m.

References
  1. Xanthodaphne bruneri (Verrill, 1884). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • Verrill & Smith (1884), Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 155, pl. 31, fig. 7,7a


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