Typhlodaphne strebeli is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Typhlodaphne strebeli
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Typhlodaphne
Species:
T. strebeli
Binomial name
Typhlodaphne strebeli
Powell, 1951

Description

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The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 30 mm. The elongate, ovate-fusiform shell has a buff color. It differs from Typhlodaphne purissima (Strebel, 1908) by being slender, having a smaller protoconch (1½ whorls) and showing flexuous, closely spaced, subobsolete axials (numbering 18 to 24) over the 5 whorls of the teleoconch. The shoulder is slightly concave. The narrowly ovate aperture has a rounded anterior end. Across the shell run numerous microscopic lirae.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs along the Tierra del Fuego.

References

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  • Powell, A.W.B., 1951. Discovery Reports. Antarctic and Subantarctic Mollusca.
  • Powell, A. W. B. (1960). "Antarctic and Subantarctic Mollusca". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 5: 117–193. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906097. Wikidata Q58676773.
  • Powell, A. W. B. "Mollusca of Antarctic and Subantarctic seas." Biogeography and ecology in Antarctica. Springer Netherlands, 1965. 333–380.
  • Powell, A.W.B.. "In evaluating the molluscan faunas of Antarctic and Subantarctic seas many factors both past and present require to be considered." Biogeography and Ecology in Antarctica 15 (2013): 333.
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