Biology:Tomopleura nivea

Short description: Species of gastropod

Tomopleura nivea
Shell of Tomopleura nivea (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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
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.

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

• 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