Tomopleura tricincta

Tomopleura tricincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Caenogastropoda
Clade: Hypsogastropoda
Clade: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Tomopleura
Species: T. tricincta
Binomial name
Tomopleura tricincta
Gofas & Rolán, 2009
Synonyms[1]

Asthenotoma spiralis Ardovini & Cossignani 2004, non (Smith, 1872)

Tomopleura tricincta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 13.7 mm and 18.7 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off West Africa and Angola.

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2015). Tomopleura tricincta. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435068 on 2016-03-28

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