Tomopleura bellardii

Short description: Species of gastropod

Tomopleura bellardii

Shell of Tomopleura bellardii (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | 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]

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Distribution
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## 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. ↑ 1.0 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. ↑ 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

## External links

* "Tomopleura bellardii" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_7408.shtml.

Wikidata ☰ Q10383052 entry

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