Tomopleura pouloensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
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| Shell of Tomopleura pouloensis (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Tomopleura |
| Species: | T. pouloensis
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| Tomopleura pouloensis (Jousseaume, 1883)
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Description
editThe size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 17 mm. The small shell is lanceolate and lurid. It contains ten shouldered and carinate whorls, with elevated revolving lines of which there are ten or twelve on the body whorl. The narrow aperture measures one-third the total length of the shell. The outer lip has a profound, wide sinus. The columella is smooth.[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Sri Lanka, the Philippines and Hong Kong
References
edit- ^ a b Rosenberg, G. (2015). Tomopleura pouloensis (Jousseaume, 1883). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=600574 on 2 April 2016
- ^ 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 vallata)
- Liu J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
External links
edit- "Tomopleura pouloensis". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- Jousseaume F. (1883). Description d'espèces et genres nouveaux de mollusques. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 8: 186-204, pl. 10.
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