Microdaphne trichodes
Shell ofMicrodaphne trichodes (Dall, 1919)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Microdaphne
Species:
M. trichodes
Binomial name
Microdaphne trichodes
(Dall, 1919)
Synonyms[1]
  • Clathurella hirsuta (De Folin, 1867)
  • Heterocithara hirsuta (De Folin, 1867)
  • Kermia hirsuta (de Folin, 1867)
  • Mangilia hirsuta (De Folin, 1867)
  • Microdaphne trichodes (Dall, 1919)
  • Philbertia trichodes Dall, 1919 (replacement name; for Pleurotoma hirsutum Folin, 1867)
  • Philbertia trichoides [sic]
  • Pleurotoma hirsutum De Folin, 1867 (junior homonym; not Pleurotoma hirsutum Bellardi, 1847)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 3.4 mm.

The shell is yellowish white, the earlier whorls darker. [2]

Distribution

This species has a wide distribution in the Pacific Ocean; also off Queensland, Australia.

References

  • De Folin, A.G.L. 1867. Les meleagrinicoles. Especes nouvelles. Publications de la Société Havraise d'Études. Diverses 33: 41-112, 6 pls
  • Bouge, L.J. & Dautzenberg, P.L. 1914. Les Pleurotomides de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et de ses dependances. Journal de Conchyliologie 61: 123–214
  • Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56
  • Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp.
  • Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Dall (1919) Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol. 56 (1920) Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  • Moretzsohn, Fabio, and E. Alison Kay. "HAWAIIAN MARINE MOLLUSCS." (1995)


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