Taphon (gastropod)
| Taphon | |
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| Shell of Taphon clavella maganensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Melongenidae |
| Genus: | Taphon H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Fusus striatus G. B. Sowerby I, 1833
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Busycon (Taphon) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (original rank) | |
Taphon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.[1]
Species[]
- Scali & Liverani, 2020
- (Reeve, 1847)
- Species brought into synonymy
- Taphon striatum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833): synonym of (Reeve, 1847)
References[]
- ^ a b MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Taphon H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=567145 on 2021-06-28
External links[]
Media related to Taphon at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Melongenidae
- Hypsogastropoda stubs