Taphon (gastropod)

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Taphon
Taphon clavella maganensis (MNHN-IM-2000-35695).jpeg
Shell of Taphon clavella maganensis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
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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)

Contents

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

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

Species brought into synonymy

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References

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