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Taranidaphne hongkongensis

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Species of gastropod

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
  • Bela erythraea Jousseaume, 1895
  • Pleurotoma hongkongensis Sowerby III, 1889
  • Taranis erythraeus (Jousseaume, 1895)

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

Description

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

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Distribution

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

References

  1. ^ Taranidaphne hongkongensis (Sowerby III, 1889). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
  • 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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Taxon identifiers
Taranidaphne hongkongensis


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