''Typhlodaphne corpulenta'' is a
species
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of
sea snail, a marine
gastropod mollusk
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in the
family
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Borsoniidae
Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet, P. (2011). Borsoniidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.o ...
.
Description
''Typhlodaphne corpulenta'' differs from ''
Typhlodaphne innocentia'' Dell, 1990 by having a thicker shell.
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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Distribution
This species occurs in the Southern Indian Ocean off the Kerguelen Islands.
References
Bouchet P., Kantor Yu.I., Sysoev A. & Puillandre N. (2011) A new operational classification of the Conoidea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 77: 273–308.
corpulenta
Gastropods described in 1881
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