Taranidaphne hongkongensis

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

Taranidaphne hongkongensis
Shell of Taranidaphne hongkongensis (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Taranidaphne
Species:
T. hongkongensis
Binomial name
Taranidaphne hongkongensis
(G.B. Sowerby III, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
  • Bela erythraea Jousseaume, 1895
  • Pleurotoma hongkongensis Sowerby III, 1889
  • Taranis erythraeus (Jousseaume, 1895)

Description

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The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and off Hong Kong

References

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  • Jousseaume, F., 1895. Description d'un mollusque nouveau. Le Naturaliste 9(2): 147
  • Morassi, M. & Bonfitto, A. (2001a) Taranidaphne dufresnei (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Turridae), new genus and species from Yemen, Red Sea. The Veliger, 44, 66–72
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  • Sowerby, G.B., III. (1889a) Descriptions of fourteen new species of shells from China, Japan, and the Andaman Islands, chiefly collected by Deputy Surgeon-Gen. R. Hungerford. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1888, 565–570, pl. 28
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
  • Gastropods.com: Taranidaphne hongkongensis
  • MNHN, Paris : Taranidaphne hongkongensis