Typhlodaphne corpulenta

Typhlodaphne corpulenta
Original drawing of a shell of Typhlodaphne corpulenta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Typhlodaphne
Species: T. corpulenta
Binomial name
Typhlodaphne corpulenta
(R. Boog Watson, 1881)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia Thesbia corpulenta Watson, 1881
  • Pleurotoma corpulenta Watson, 1881

Typhlodaphne corpulenta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Description

Typhlodaphne corpulenta differs from Typhlodaphne innocentia Dell, 1990 by having a thicker shell.[2]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Southern Indian Ocean off the Kerguelen Islands.

References

  1. 1 2 Typhlodaphne corpulenta (Watson, 1881).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 14 August 2011.
  2. ↑ Systematics and distribution of shelled molluscs (Gastropoda, Bivalvia and Scaphopoda) from the South Shetlands; Iberus : revista de la Sociedad Española de Malacología.v.26 (2008)
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