Tomopleura_bellardii

<i>Tomopleura bellardii</i>

Tomopleura bellardii

Species of gastropod

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

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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

  1. [1]
    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
  2. [2]
    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) pp. 633–720
  • "Tomopleura bellardii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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