Tomopleura nivea

Short description: Species of gastropod

Tomopleura nivea

Shell of Tomopleura nivea (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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[1]

* 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 [sic] Melvill, 1917

Tomopleura nivea 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 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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.

## External links

* "Tomopleura nivea" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/6/Shell_19516.shtml.
* Jousseaume F. (1883). Description d'espèces et genres nouveaux de mollusques. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 8: 186-204, pl. 10

Wikidata ☰ Q6760507 entry

0.00

(0 votes)

Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomopleura nivea. Read more

|

Retrieved from "https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Biology:Tomopleura_nivea&oldid=752018"