Tomopleura bellardii
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| taxon = Tomopleura bellardii
| image = Tomopleura bellardii (MNHN-IM-2000-2777).jpeg
| image_caption = Shell of Tomopleura bellardii (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
| authority = (Jousseaume, 1883)
| synonyms =
- Drillia bellardii (Jousseaume, 1883)
- Oligotoma bellardii Jousseaume, 1883 (original combination)
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Tomopleura bellardii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.WoRMS (2015). Tomopleura bellardii. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435058 on 2016-03-27
Description
The length of the shell attains 11 mm. The white shell is spirally costate. The outer lip is crenulated, with a shallow sinus near the suture. The columellar lip shows a median plication. (described from an immature specimen)[https://archive.org/details/manualconch06tryorich G.W. Tryon (1884) Manual of Conchology, structural and systematic, with illustrations of the species, vol. VI; Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences] (described as Drillia bellardii)
Distribution
This marine species occurs off South Africa.
References
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- Jousseaume, F. (1883). Description d’espèces et genres nouveaux de mollusques. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 8: 186–204, pl. 10
- R.N. Kilburn (1986), Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae; Ann. Natal Mus. Vol. 27(2) pp. 633–720
External links
- {{Gastropods.com|key=8|id=7408|title=Tomopleura bellardii|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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