''Truncadaphne stonei'' is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, 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 ...
mollusk in the
family 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). . 3 ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Truncadaphne stonei (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1939). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578751 on 2020-04-24]
Description
The length of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 1.8 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurred in the
Pleistocene off the
Galapagos Islands in shallow water.
References
* Hertlein, Leo George, and A. M. Strong. Marine pleistocene mollusks from the Galapagos islands. 1939.
* Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
* Kaiser, K.L. (1997) The recent Molluscan Marine Fauna of the Islas Galápagos. The Festivus, supplement, 9: iii + 67.
* Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp
External links
Gastropods.com: ''Truncadaphne stonei''Darwin Foundation: Galapagos Species Checklist
stonei
Gastropods described in 1939
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