Taphon (gastropod)

Taphon is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Melongenidae, the crown conches and their allies.

Description
The dextral shell is transversely striated. The whorls are rounded. The aperture is ovate with the fore part produced into a long, slightly-recurved siphonal canal.

Species

 * Taphon childsi Scali & Liverani, 2020
 * Taphon clavella (Reeve, 1847)
 * Species brought into synonymy:
 * Taphon striatum (G. B. Sowerby I, 1833) : synonym of Taphon clavella (Reeve, 1847)