Tomopleura reevii

Short description: Species of gastropod

Tomopleura reevii

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

T. reevii

Binomial name
Tomopleura reevii

(C. B. Adams, 1850)

Synonyms[1]

* Pleurotoma reevii C. B. Adams, 1850 (original combination)
* Pleurotoma reevei C. B. Adams, 1850
* Pleurotoma vertebralis E.A. Smith
* Pleurotoma violacea Hinds, 1843 (junior homonym of Pleurotoma violacea Mighels & Adams, 1842; Pleurotoma reevii is a replacement name)
* Pleurotoma weinkauffi Weinkauff, H.C. & W. Kobelt, 1875 (nomen nudum)
* Turris violacea

Tomopleura reevii 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 varies between 8 mm and 13.5 mm. The shell is multicarinate. The interstices are longitudinally striate. The color of the shell is pale violaceous or whitish, sometimes indistinctly fasciated with a darker color above. The columella is one- or two-plaited. The outer lip is acute, crenulated, and shows a slight sinus.[2]

## Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf; and off Indonesia, New Guinea and the Philippines

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bouchet, P. (2014). Tomopleura reevii (C. B. Adams, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435065 on 22 January 2015
2. ↑ G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences (described as Pleurotoma violacea)

* Kilburn, R.N. (1986) Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae. Annals of the Natal Museum, 27, 633–720 page(s): 715

## External links

* "Tomopleura reevii" (in en). Gastropods.com. http://www.gastropods.com/0/Shell_19520.shtml.

Wikidata ☰ Q10383063 entry

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