Indotyphlus Taylor, 1960

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5. Indotyphlus Taylor, 1960

Type species: Indotyphlus battersbyi Taylor, 1960a ( Fig. 6 ) by original designation and monotypy. Diagnosis: The only indotyphlids with tentacular apertures close to and slightly above the level of the eye. Distribution: Seychelles.

Content: Two species ( battersbyi , maharashtraensis ).

Figures

FIGURE 6. Volume reconstruction of HRXCT data showing skull of Indotyphlus battersbyi (AMNH [American Museum of Natural History] 89788). Views as in Fig. 2. Scale bar = 1 mm. Scan parameters: a molybdenum target set at 70 kV and 175 μA; scan data were collected at 1.0 frames per second over 3142 projections in 360 ˚; reconstructed voxel size of 5 μm. Abbreviations as in Appendix.