Tomopleura reciproca

Tomopleura reciproca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Mollusca
Class:Gastropoda
Clade:Caenogastropoda
Clade:Hypsogastropoda
Clade:Neogastropoda
Superfamily:Conoidea
Family:Borsoniidae
Genus:Tomopleura
Species: T. reciproca
Binomial name
Tomopleura reciproca
(Gould, 1860)
Synonyms[1]
  • Drillia reciproca Gould, 1860 (original combination)
  • Pleurotoma reciproca (Gould, 1860)

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

Description

The size of the shell attains 12 mm, its width 4 mm. The small shell is lanceolate. It contains ten slightly convex whorls bearing revolving carinae, of which there are 4-5 on the whorls of the spire, and 10-12 on the body whorl. The middle carina is stronger, the interspaces clathrate. The aperture measures one-fourth the total length. The sinus is broad and deep. The siphonal canal is short, wide and twisted.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan

References

  1. 1 2 WoRMS (2015). Tomopleura reciproca. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435064 on 2016-04-02
  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 reciproca)

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.