Tomopleura reciproca
| Tomopleura reciproca | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Tomopleura |
| Species: | T. reciproca |
| Binomial name | |
| Tomopleura reciproca (Gould, 1860) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Tomopleura reciproca is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
Description
The size of the shell attains 12 mm, its width 4 mm. The small shell is lanceolate. It contains ten slightly convex whorls bearing revolving carinae, of which there are 4-5 on the whorls of the spire, and 10-12 on the body whorl. The middle carina is stronger, the interspaces clathrate. The aperture measures one-fourth the total length. The sinus is broad and deep. The siphonal canal is short, wide and twisted. [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan
References
- 1 2 WoRMS (2015). Tomopleura reciproca. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435064 on 2016-04-02
- ↑ 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 reciproca)
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