Thalassocyon wareni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Thalassocyonidae.[2] T. wareni gets its name from the man who documented the species for the first time, Anders Warén.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Littorinimorpha |
| Family: | Thalassocyonidae |
| Genus: | Thalassocyon |
| Species: | T. wareni
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| Thalassocyon wareni Riedel, 2000[1]
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Description edit
The length of the shell attains a small 24.4 mm. The shell has an inner 'spinous' support, and contains turns.[3]
The animal has a small foot, a pronounced anterior siphonal flap, a long proboscis and two long antennae.[3]
The animal has two large salivitory glands, and long tapered radula.[3]
Males have an open pallial gonoduct, which presents as a groove in the animal's large penis.[3]
Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean Abyssal Province and off the Saint Paul Island in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands.
References edit
- ^ Riedel, F. (2000) Berliner geowissenschaftliche Abhandelungen, Ser. E. 32: 69–70. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 6 June 2010.
- ^ Thalassocyon wareni Riedel, 2000. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 December 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Reidel, F (2000). "Ursprung und Evolution der höheren Caenogastropoda". Berliner geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen. 32: 1–240.
- Riedel F. (2000) Ursprung und Evolution der höheren Caenogastropoda. Berliner geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, E 32: 1-240, 21 pl.
- Verhaeghe, M. & Poppe, G.T. (2000) A Conchological Iconography 3: The family Ficidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks
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