Taphon (gastropod)
# 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)
