Tomopleura nivea
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| taxon = Tomopleura nivea
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| image_caption = Shell of Tomopleura nivea (lectotype at MNHN, Paris)
| authority =(Philippi, 1851)
| synonyms =
- Asthenotoma vertebrata (non E. A. Smith, 1875), partim; Barnard, 1958
- Drillia makimonos Tryon, 1884
- Oligotoma makimonos Jousseaume, 1883
- Pleurotoma (Crassispira) nivea Philippi, 1851 (original combination)
- Pleurotoma (Oligotoma) makimonos Jousseaume, F.P., 1883
- Turris (Tomopleura) nivea var. makemonos [sic] Melvill, 1917
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Tomopleura nivea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.WoRMS (2015). Tomopleura nivea. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435062 on 2016-04-02
Description
The seashell ranges from 15 mm to 30 mm long.
Distribution
This snail lives in the water between South Africa and Mozambique, and off the coast of Japan
References
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- Kilburn R.N. (1986). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 27: 633–720.
- Steyn, D.G. & Lussi, M. (1998) Marine Shells of South Africa. An Illustrated Collector's Guide to Beached Shells. Ekogilde Publishers, Hartebeespoort, South Africa, ii + 264 pp.
External links
- {{Gastropods.com|key=6|id=19516|title=Tomopleura nivea|access-date=16 January 2019}}
- [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11226989 Jousseaume F. (1883). Description d'espèces et genres nouveaux de mollusques. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 8: 186-204, pl. 10]
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