Microdaphne trichodes

Microdaphne trichodes is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae.^[1]

Microdaphne trichodes
Shell ofMicrodaphne trichodes (Dall, 1919)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Microdaphne
Species:	M. trichodes
Binomial name
Microdaphne trichodes (Dall, 1919)
Synonyms[1]
Clathurella hirsuta (De Folin, 1867) Heterocithara hirsuta (De Folin, 1867) Kermia hirsuta (de Folin, 1867) Mangilia hirsuta (De Folin, 1867) Microdaphne trichodes (Dall, 1919) Philbertia trichodes Dall, 1919 (replacement name; for Pleurotoma hirsutum Folin, 1867) Philbertia trichoides [sic] Pleurotoma hirsutum De Folin, 1867 (junior homonym; not Pleurotoma hirsutum Bellardi, 1847)

Description

The length of the shell attains 3.4 mm.

The shell is yellowish white, the earlier whorls darker. ^[2]

Distribution

This species has a wide distribution in the Pacific Ocean; also off Queensland, Australia.