Tomopleura reevii

Tomopleura reevii
Apertural view of a shell of Tomopleura reevii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Clade:	Caenogastropoda
Clade:	Hypsogastropoda
Clade:	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]

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. 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 2015-01-22
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

• Gastropods.com: Tomopleura reevii