Tomopleura cicatrigula

Short description: Species of gastropod

Tomopleura cicatrigula

Drawing of an apertural view of a shell of Tomopleura cicatrigula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Mollusca
Class:  | Gastropoda
Subclass:  | Caenogastropoda
Order:  | Neogastropoda
Superfamily:  | Conoidea
Family:  | Borsoniidae
Genus:  | Tomopleura
Species:  |

T. cicatrigula

Binomial name
Tomopleura cicatrigula

(Hedley, 1922)

Synonyms[1]

* Asthenotoma cicatrigula Hedley, 1922 (original combination)

Tomopleura cicatrigula 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 size of the shell attains 15 mm.

## Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 WoRMS (2015). Tomopleura cicatrigula. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435059 on 2016-03-25

* Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56
* Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.

## External links

* "Tomopleura cicatrigula" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/8/Shell_7408.shtml.
* C.K. Chang (1999), Part 9 Borsoniinae & Mitromorphiinae Species

Wikidata ☰ Q10383053 entry

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