Drepanodontus tatyanae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae.[2]
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| Drepanodontus tatyanae Harasewych & Kantor, 2004[1]
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Behavior and Life Cycle edit
The species is demersal, living close to the sea bed. They are broadcast spawners. Drepandodontus tatyanae grow from embryos to trochophores to veligers before maturing into adults.[3]
Distribution edit
This species is distributed in the Scotia Sea, South Atlantic.
References edit
- ^ Harasewych & Kantor. 2004. Nautilus 118(1) : 1–42. World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Drepanodontus tatyanae Harasewych & Kantor, 2004. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 30 December 2010.
- ^ "Drepanodontus tatyanae". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- Harasewych M.G. & Kantor Y.I. 2004. The deep-sea Buccinoidea (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda) of the Scotia Sea and adjacent abyssal plains and trenches. The Nautilus 118(1): 1-42
- Bouchet, P.; Fontaine, B. (2009). List of new marine species described between 2002-2006. Census of Marine Life
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