Biology:Tomellana

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Short description: Genus of gastropods

Tomellana
Perrona semimarginata 01.jpg
Shell of Tomellana semimarginata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Tomellana
(Wenz, 1943)[1]
Type species
Clavatula lineata
(Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms

Tomella Swainson, 1840

Tomellana is a genus of sea snail marine gastropod mollusks in the family Clavatulidae.[2]

Tomellana is a replacement name for Tomella Swainson, 1840, a junior homonym of Tomella Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (order Diptera)

Description

The smooth and shining shell has a fusiform shape. The spire consists of 10 - 11 whorls and is not much longer than the body whorl. The first 1½ whorls are smooth and translucent. The width of the whorls increase slowly into becoming a bulging body whorl. The whorls are separated by a simple suture. The aperture is oval. The inner lip shows a thick callosity at the top. The siphonal canal is short and wide.[3]

Species

Species brought into synonymy

References

  • Wenz, W. (1938-1944). Gastropoda. Teil 1: Allgemeiner Teil und Prosobranchia. xii + 1639 pp. In: Schindewolf, O.H. (Ed.) Handbuch der Paläozoologie, Band 6. Bornträger, Berlin. Lief. 1, 1-240

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7818796 entry