Tomopleura spiralissima

Tomopleura spiralissima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Tomopleura spiralissima
Drawing of a shell of Tomopleura spiralissima
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Tomopleura
Species:
T. spiralissima
Binomial name
Tomopleura spiralissima
Gofas & Rolán, 2009
Synonyms[1]
  • Asthenotoma spiralis (E. A. Smith, 1872)
  • Pleurotoma spiralis E. A. Smith, 1872 (Invalid: primary homonym of Pleurotoma spiralis de Serres, 1829 [fossil])

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 9.5 mm and 20.7 mm.

The pallid brown shell has a fusiform shape. It is cingulated with carinae, of which there are about twelve on the body whorl, subequal, interstices obliquely striate. The aperture is narrow. The collumella is blackish brown. The siphonal canal is very short. The outer lip is thin, with a large sinus.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa, Congo and Angola

References

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  1. ^ a b WoRMS (2015). Tomopleura spiralissima. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435067 on 2016-03-28
  2. ^ 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 spiralis)