Taranidaphne hongkongensis

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

Taranidaphne hongkongensis
Shell of Taranidaphne hongkongensis (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Taranidaphne
Species:	T. hongkongensis
Binomial name
Taranidaphne hongkongensis (G.B. Sowerby III, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
Bela erythraea Jousseaume, 1895 Pleurotoma hongkongensis Sowerby III, 1889 Taranis erythraeus (Jousseaume, 1895)

Description

The length of the shell attains 6 mm, its diameter 3 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and off Hong Kong