Taranidaphne hongkongensis
| Taranidaphne hongkongensis | |
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| Shell of Taranidaphne hongkongensis (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Taranidaphne |
| Species: | T. hongkongensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Taranidaphne hongkongensis (G.B. Sowerby III, 1889)
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Taranidaphne hongkongensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 3 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and off Hong Kong
References
- ^ a b 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
External links
- 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