Tomopleura bellardii

Tomopleura bellardii
Drawing of a shell of Tomopleura bellardii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Tomopleura
Species: T. bellardii
Binomial name
Tomopleura bellardii
(Jousseaume, 1883)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia bellardii (Jousseaume, 1883)
  • Oligotoma bellardii Jousseaume, 1883 (original combination)

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

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

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