Thalassoplanes

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Genus of gastropods

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::summary Genus of gastropods ::

| image = Thalassoplanes moerchii 001.jpg | image_caption = Shell of Thalassoplanes moerchii (holotype at the Smithsonian Institution) | taxon =Thalassoplanes | authority = Dall, 1908 | synonyms_ref = | synonyms =

  • Brevisiphonia Lus, 1973
  • Troschelia (Thalassoplanes) Dall, 1908

Thalassoplanes is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the subfamily Parancistrolepidinae of the family Buccinidae, the true whelks.

Characteristics

(Original description) The shell is short, with a very short siphonal canal. The operculum is straight, elongate, and wedge-shaped, its extreme apex slightly deflected to the right. The radula, typical for the group, has a formula of 1/6 + 1/0 + 1/6, with an obsolete rhachidian cusp.

The animal is blind; the male possesses a small, subcylindrical verge, lacking appendages.

Species

Species within the genus Thalassoplanes include:

References

  • Lus, V.J. (1973). New abyssal Fasciolariidae. [in Russian]. Trudy Instituta Okeanologii. 91: 203-212

References

  1. {{WRMS species. 490574. ''Thalassoplanes'' Dall, 1908. 29 August 2010
  2. (1908). "Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891, Lieut.-Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXXVII. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross", from October, 1904 to March, 1905, Lieut.-Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. XIV. The Mollusca and Brachiopoda". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.

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