Drepanodontus tatyanae

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Drepanodontus tatyanae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Prosiphonidae
Genus: Drepanodontus
Species:
D. tatyanae
Binomial name
Drepanodontus tatyanae
Harasewych & Kantor, 2004 [1]

Drepanodontus tatyanae is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Prosiphonidae. [2]

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Behavior and Life Cycle

The species is demersal, living close to the sea bed. They are broadcast spawners. Drepandodontus tatyanae grow from embryos to trochophores to veligers before maturing into adults. [3]

Distribution

This species occurs in the Scotia Sea, South Atlantic.

References

  1. Harasewych & Kantor. 2004. Nautilus 118(1) : 1–42. World Register of Marine Species.
  2. Drepanodontus tatyanae Harasewych & Kantor, 2004 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 30 December 2010.
  3. "Drepanodontus tatyanae". www.sealifebase.se. Retrieved 16 September 2021.