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Tomopleura nivea

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Species of gastropod

Tomopleura nivea
Shell of Tomopleura nivea (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
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. nivea
Binomial name
Tomopleura nivea
(Philippi, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Asthenotoma vertebrata (non E. A. Smith, 1875), partim; Barnard, 1958
  • Drillia makimonos Tryon, 1884
  • Oligotoma makimonos Jousseaume, 1883
  • Pleurotoma (Crassispira) nivea Philippi, 1851 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma (Oligotoma) makimonos Jousseaume, F.P., 1883
  • Turris (Tomopleura) nivea var. makemonos Melvill, 1917

Tomopleura nivea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.

Description

The seashell ranges from 15 mm to 30 mm long.

Distribution

This snail lives in the water between South Africa and Mozambique, and off the coast of Japan

References

  1. ^ WoRMS (2015). Tomopleura nivea. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435062 on 2016-04-02
  • Kilburn R.N. (1986). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 27: 633–720.
  • Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.

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Taxon identifiers
Tomopleura nivea
Pleurotoma nivea
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