Xanthodaphne pyrropelex

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

Xanthodaphne pyrropelex
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. pyrropelex
Binomial name
Xanthodaphne pyrropelex
(Barnard, 1963)
Synonyms[1]
  • Surcula dissimilis Barnard, K.H., 1958
  • Typhlosyrinx pyrropelex Barnard, 1963

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Cape Province, South Africa

References

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  • Barnard, Keppel Harcourt. Deep sea Mollusca from west of Cape Point, South Africa. South African Museum, 1963.
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  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.