Tomopleura bellardii
Appearance
Tomopleura bellardii | |
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Drawing of a shell of Tomopleura bellardii | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Borsoniidae |
Genus: | Tomopleura |
Species: | T. bellardii
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Binomial name | |
Tomopleura bellardii (Jousseaume, 1883)
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Tomopleura bellardii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
Description
The length of the shell attains 11 mm. The white shell is spirally costate. The outer lip is crenulated, with a shallow sinus near the suture. The columellar lip shows a median plication. (described from an immature specimen) [2] (described as Drillia bellardii)
Distribution
This marine species occurs off South Africa.
References
- ^ a b WoRMS (2015). Tomopleura bellardii. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435058 on 2016-03-27
- ^ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences
- Jousseaume, F. (1883). Description d’espèces et genres nouveaux de mollusques. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 8: 186-204, pl. 10
- R.N. Kilburn (1986), Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae; Ann. Natal Mus. Vol. 27(2) Pages 633-720
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