Where the snails have no name: a molecular phylogeny of Raphitomidae (Neogastropoda: Conoidea) uncovers vast unexplored diversity in the deep seas of temperate southern and eastern Australia
Criscione, Francesco
Hallan, Anders
Puillandre, Nicolas
Fedosov, Alexander
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2021
191
961
1000
7PK2Q
Criscione & Hallan & Puillandre & Fedosov, 2021
Criscione & Hallan & Puillandre & Fedosov
2021
[308,507,341,364]
Gastropoda
Raphitomidae
Trochodaphne
Animalia
Neogastropoda
29
990
Mollusca
genus
gen. nov.
Typespecies: Trochodaphne cuprosa. OD, herein. Etymology:The name is composed of the Greek τροχός, a wheel, referring to its shell shape, and the Greek mythological naiad Δάφνη, who turned into a laurel tree, here chosen to indicate resemblance to some species of Xanthodaphne. The gender is feminine. Diagnosis Shell ( Fig. 4D) subglobose, semitranslucent. Protoconch ( Fig. 5A) multispiral, with diagonally cancellate sculpture. Teleoconch of few copper-hued whorls. Suture moderately impressed. Whorl profile broad, convex, no distinct subsutural ramp. Teleoconch sculpture of alternating strong and weak spiral cords. Aperture wide, ovate, more than two-thirds of shell length. Anal sinus indistinct.