Taphon (gastropod)

Taphon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.[1]

Taphon
Shell of Taphon clavella maganensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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
Synonyms[1]

Busycon (Taphon) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (original rank)

Description

The dextral shell is transversely striated. The whorls are rounded. The aperture is ovate with the fore part produced into a long, slightly-recurved siphonal canal. [2]

Species
  • Taphon childsi Scali & Liverani, 2020
  • Taphon clavella (Reeve, 1847)
Species brought into synonymy
  • Taphon striatum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833): synonym of Taphon clavella (Reeve, 1847)

References
  1. 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
  2. Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls

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