''Microdaphne trichodes'' is a

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, a marine

gastropod The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda (). This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...

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in the

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Raphitomidae Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". ''Malacologia'' 47(1-2). . 39 ...

Description

The length of the shell attains 3.4 mm. The shell is yellowish white, the earlier

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darker. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences

Distribution

This species has a wide distribution in the Pacific Ocean; also off

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, Australia.

References

* De Folin, A.G.L. 1867. ''Les meleagrinicoles. Especes nouvelles.'' Publications de la Société Havraise d'Études. Diverses 33: 41-112, 6 pls * Bouge, L.J. & Dautzenberg, P.L. 1914. ''Les Pleurotomides de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et de ses dependances.'' Journal de Conchyliologie 61: 123–214 * Hedley, C. 1922. ''A revision of the Australian Turridae.'' Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56 * Kay, E.A. 1979. ''Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca''. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp. * Liu J.Y. uiyu(ed.). (2008). ''Checklist of marine biota of China seas.'' China Science Press. 1267 pp.

External links

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Dall (1919) Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol. 56 (1920)

Moretzsohn, Fabio, and E. Alison Kay. "HAWAIIAN MARINE MOLLUSCS." (1995)

trichodes ''Trichodes'' is a genus of checkered beetle belonging to the family Cleridae, subfamily Clerinae. Species These 64 species belong to the genus ''Trichodes'': * '' Trichodes affinis'' Chevrolat, 1843 * '' Trichodes albanicus'' Winkler & Zirovnic ...

Gastropods described in 1919 {{Raphitomidae-stub