| Tomellana lineata | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Tomellana lineata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Clavatulidae |
| Genus: | Tomellana |
| Species: | T. lineata |
| Binomial name | |
| Tomellana lineata (Lamarck, 1816) | |
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Tomellana lineata, common name the wavy-line turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.
Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 20 mm and 45 mm. The shell is smooth with a body whorl more or less constricted above. The spire is sometimes very short, and sometimes long. The color of the shell is whitish or yellowish brown, thickly flexuously longitudinally lineated with chestnut or chocolate.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean from Senegal to Angola.
References
- ^ Gofas, S. (2011). Tomellana lineata (Lamarck, 1818). In: MolluscaBase (2016). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=591973 on 15 June 2016
- P. Bouchet; Yu. I. Kantor; A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.
- George Washington Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 231; 1884 (described as Clavatula perrona)
- Bernard, P.A. (Ed.) (1984). Coquillages du Gabon . Pierre A. Bernard: Libreville, Gabon. 140, 75 plates pp.
- Gofas, S.; Afonso, J.P.; Brandào, M. (Ed.). (S.a.). Conchas e Moluscos de Angola = Coquillages et Mollusques d'Angola. . Universidade Agostinho / Elf Aquitaine Angola: Angola. 140 pp
External links
- "Tomellana lineata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
- Specimen at MNHN, Paris
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Tomellana lineata | |
| Clavatula lineata | |