Truncadaphne stonei is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]
| Truncadaphne stonei | |
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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: | Truncadaphne |
| Species: | T. stonei
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| Binomial name | |
| Truncadaphne stonei (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1939)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Philbertia stonei Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1939 (original combination) | |
Description
editThe length of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 1.8 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurred in the Pleistocene off the Galapagos Islands in shallow water.
References
edit- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Truncadaphne stonei (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1939). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578751 on 2020-04-24
- Hertlein, Leo George, and A. M. Strong. Marine pleistocene mollusks from the Galapagos islands. 1939.
- Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
- Kaiser, K.L. (1997) The recent Molluscan Marine Fauna of the Islas Galápagos. The Festivus, supplement, 9: iii + 67.
- Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp
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