Typhlosyrinx praecipua is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Typhlosyrinx praecipua | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Raphitomidae |
| Genus: | Typhlosyrinx |
| Species: | T. praecipua
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| Binomial name | |
| Typhlosyrinx praecipua (E. A. Smith, 1899)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Pleurotoma (Surcula) praecipua E. A. Smith, 1899 (original combination) | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 38 mm, its diameter 15 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Travancore, India; Gulf of Aden.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Typhlosyrinx praecipua (E. A. Smith, 1899). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435184 on 2020-04-25
- Smith, E. A., 1899, On Mollusca from the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea, Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 7,4,237-251.
- Powell, A. W. B., 1969, The family Turridae in the Indo-Pacific. Part 2. The subfamily Turriculinae, Indo-Pacific Mo lIusca, 2(10),207-415
- Sysoev, A., 1996. Deep-sea conoidean gastropods collected by the John Murray Expedition, 1933–34
External links
edit- Bouchet, P. & Sysoev, A., 2001. Typhlosyrinx-like tropical deep-water turriform gastropods (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conoidea). Journal of Natural History 35: 1693-1715
- Biolib.cz: image
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