Microdaphne trichodes

Microdaphne trichodes
Shell ofMicrodaphne trichodes (Dall, 1919)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Microdaphne
Species:	M. trichodes
Binomial name
Microdaphne trichodes (Dall, 1919)
Synonyms[1]
Clathurella hirsuta (De Folin, 1867) Heterocithara hirsuta (De Folin, 1867) Kermia hirsuta (de Folin, 1867) Mangilia hirsuta (De Folin, 1867) Microdaphne trichodes (Dall, 1919) Philbertia trichodes Dall, 1919 (replacement name; for Pleurotoma hirsutum Folin, 1867) Philbertia trichoides [sic] Pleurotoma hirsutum De Folin, 1867 (junior homonym; not Pleurotoma hirsutum Bellardi, 1847)

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

Description

The length of the shell attains 3.4 mm.

The shell is yellowish white, the earlier whorls darker. [2]

Distribution

This species has a wide distribution in the Pacific Ocean; also off Queensland, Australia.

References

1. Microdaphne trichodes (Dall, 1919). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 April 2010.
2. G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

• De Folin, A.G.L. 1867. Les meleagrinicoles. Especes nouvelles. Publications de la Société Havraise d'Études. Diverses 33: 41-112, 6 pls
• Bouge, L.J. & Dautzenberg, P.L. 1914. Les Pleurotomides de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et de ses dependances. Journal de Conchyliologie 61: 123–214
• Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56
• Kay, E.A. 1979. Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4 : Mollusca. Honolulu, Hawaii : Bishop Museum Press Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication Vol. 64(4) 653 pp.
• Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

External links

• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.
• Dall (1919) Descriptions of new species of Mollusca from the North Pacific Ocean; Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum, vol. 56 (1920) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
• Moretzsohn, Fabio, and E. Alison Kay. "HAWAIIAN MARINE MOLLUSCS." (1995)