Truncadaphne stonei

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

Truncadaphne stonei
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Truncadaphne
Species:	T. stonei
Binomial name
Truncadaphne stonei (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1939)
Synonyms[1]
Philbertia stonei Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1939 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell attains 4 mm, its diameter 1.8 mm.

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Distribution

This marine species occurred in the Pleistocene off the Galapagos Islands in shallow water.

References

1. MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Truncadaphne stonei (Hertlein & A. M. Strong, 1939). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=578751 on 2020-04-24

• Hertlein, Leo George, and A. M. Strong. Marine pleistocene mollusks from the Galapagos islands. 1939.
• Finet, Y. (1991) The Marine Mollusks of the Galapagos Islands. In: Galápagos Marine Invertebrate. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press. New York and London, p. 253-280.
• Kaiser, K.L. (1997) The recent Molluscan Marine Fauna of the Islas Galápagos. The Festivus, supplement, 9: iii + 67.
• Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp

External links

• Gastropods.com: Truncadaphne stonei
• Darwin Foundation: Galapagos Species Checklist