Xanthodaphne heterogramma

Xanthodaphne heterogramma is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

Xanthodaphne heterogramma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Xanthodaphne
Species:
X. heterogramma
Binomial name
Xanthodaphne heterogramma
(Odhner, 1960)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotomella heterogramma Odhner, 1960

Description edit

The length of the shell attains 25 mm.

Distribution edit

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Northern Brazil.

References edit

  • Odhner N. (1960). Mollusca. Reports of the Swedish Deep-Sea Expedition 2 (Zoology, 22): 365–400, pls 1-2
  • Sysoev A.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Gastropoda. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 134–155
  • Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180–213.

External links edit

  • MNHN, Paris: holotype
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.