Tomopleura reevii
Tomopleura reevii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
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| Apertural view of a shell of Tomopleura reevii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Tomopleura |
| Species: | T. reevii |
| Binomial name | |
| Tomopleura reevii (C. B. Adams, 1850) | |
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 13.5 mm. The shell is multicarinate. The interstices are longitudinally striate. The color of the shell is pale violaceous or whitish, sometimes indistinctly fasciated with a darker color above. The columella is one- or two-plaited. The outer lip is acute, crenulated, and shows a slight sinus.[2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; and off Indonesia, New Guinea and the Philippines
References
- Bouchet, P. (2014). Tomopleura reevii (C. B. Adams, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435065 on 22 January 2015
- G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Pleurotoma violacea)
- Kilburn, R.N. (1986) Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 27, 633–720 page(s): 715
External links
- "Tomopleura reevii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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