Typhlosyrinx praecipua explained

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

Description

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

Distribution

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

References

• 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

External links

• Bouchet, P. & Sysoev, A., 2001. Typhlosyrinx-like tropical deep-water turriform gastropods (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conoidea). Journal of Natural History 35: 1693-1715
• Biolib.cz: image

Notes and References

1. 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