Toxiclionella haliplex

Toxiclionella haliplex
Apertural view of Toxiclionella haliplex
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Clavatulidae
Genus: Toxiclionella
Species: T. haliplex
Binomial name
Toxiclionella haliplex
(Bartsch, 1915)
Synonyms[1]

Clavatula haliplex Bartsch, 1915

Toxiclionella haliplex is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae.[1] [2]

Description

The shell grows to a length of 40 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs along Transkei and the East Cape, South Africa.

References

  1. 1 2 Toxiclionella haliplex (Bartsch, 1915).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 April 2010.
  2. P. Bouchet, Yu. I. Kantor, A. Sysoev & N. Puillandre (2011). "A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda)". Journal of Molluscan Studies 77 (3): 273–308. doi:10.1093/mollus/eyr017.

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