Pagodidaphne schepmani

Pagodidaphne schepmani
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Raphitomidae
Genus: Pagodidaphne
Species:
P. schepmani
Binomial name
Pagodidaphne schepmani
(Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms[1]

Clathurella schepmani Thiele, 1925

Pagodidaphne schepmani is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.[1]

The specific name schepmani is in honor of Dutch malacologist Mattheus Marinus Schepman.

Description

The height of the shell attains 4.5 mm, its diameter 1.9 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Somalia, East Africa.

References

  • Thiele J., 1925. Gastropoden der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. In:. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer "Valdivia" 1898–1899 II. Teil, vol. 17, No. 2, Gustav Fischer, Berlin
  • Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295.