Truncadaphne stonei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Truncadaphne
Species:
T. stonei
Binomial name
Truncadaphne stonei
(Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1939)
Synonyms[1]

Philbertia stonei Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1939 (original combination)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 1.8 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurred in the Pleistocene off the Galapagos Islands in shallow water.

References

  1. 1 2 MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Truncadaphne stonei (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1939). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578751 on 2020-04-24
  • Hertlein, Leo George, and A. M. Strong. Marine pleistocene mollusks from the Galapagos islands. 1939.
  • Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
  • Kaiser, K.L. (1997) The recent Molluscan Marine Fauna of the Islas Galápagos. The Festivus, supplement, 9: iii + 67.
  • Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp


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