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Typhlosyrinx praecipua

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Typhlosyrinx praecipua
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Typhlosyrinx
Species:
T. praecipua
Binomial name
Typhlosyrinx praecipua
(E. A. Smith, 1899)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma (Surcula) praecipua E. A. Smith, 1899 (original combination)

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

Description

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The length of the shell attains 38 mm, its diameter 15 mm.

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Travancore, India; Gulf of Aden.

References

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  1. ^ 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
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