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Taphon (gastropod)

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Taphon
Shell of Taphon clavella maganensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Melongenidae
Genus: Taphon
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Type species
Fusus striatus
G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
Synonyms[1]

Busycon (Taphon) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (original rank)

Taphon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.[1]

Description

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The dextral shell is transversely striated. The whorls are rounded. The aperture is ovate with the fore part produced into a long, slightly-recurved siphonal canal. [2]

Species

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Species brought into synonymy
  • Taphon striatum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833): synonym of Taphon clavella (Reeve, 1847)

References

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