''Typhlosyrinx'' is a
genus
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of
sea snail
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s, marine
gastropod
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mollusk
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s in the
family
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Raphitomidae
Raphitomidae is a Family (biology), family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.) (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families" ...
.
[MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Typhlosyrinx Thiele, 1925. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432581 on 2020-04-24]
This genus was created by
Johannes Thiele Johannes Thiele may refer to:
*Johannes Thiele (zoologist)
*Johannes Thiele (chemist)
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in 1925 to accommodate ''Pleurotorna vepallida'' ''Martens, 1902''. The genus remains little known because of the original scarcity of specimens in the museums. Deap-sea expeditions have since recovered more than 200 additional specimens from the South-East Asia and the South-West Pacific, mainly in the
Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
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, Paris
Species
Species within the genus ''Typhlosyrinx'' include:
* ''
Typhlosyrinx neocaledoniensis''
Bouchet & Sysoev, 2001
* ''
Typhlosyrinx panamica''
Bouchet & Sysoev, 2001
* ''
Typhlosyrinx praecipua''
(E. A. Smith, 1899)
* ''
Typhlosyrinx supracostata''
(Schepman, 1913)
* ''
Typhlosyrinx vepallida''
(Martens, 1902)
;Species bought into synonymy:
* ''Typhlosyrinx chrysopelex''
Barnard, 1963: synonym of ''
Gymnobela chrysopelex''
(Barnard, 1963) (original combination)
* ''Typhlosyrinx pyrropelex''
Barnard, 1963: synonym of ''
Xanthodaphne pyrropelex''
(Barnard, 1963) (original combination)
* ''Typhlosyrinx subrosea''
Barnard, 1963 accepted as ''
Xanthodaphne subrosea''
(Barnard, 1963) (original combination)
References
External links
Bouchet, P. & Sysoev, A., 2001. ''Typhlosyrinx-like tropical deep-water turriform gastropods (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Conoidea)''. Journal of Natural History 35: 1693-1715Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308
Raphitomidae
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