Tomopleura cicatrigula

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

Tomopleura cicatrigula
Drawing of an apertural view of a shell of Tomopleura cicatrigula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Tomopleura
Species:
T. cicatrigula
Binomial name
Tomopleura cicatrigula
(Hedley, 1922)
Synonyms[1]
  • Asthenotoma cicatrigula Hedley, 1922 (original combination)

Description

The size of the shell attains 15 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off the Northern Territory, Queensland and Western Australia.

References

  1. WoRMS (2015). Tomopleura cicatrigula. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435059 on 2016-03-25
  • "Tomopleura cicatrigula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
  • C.K. Chang (1999), Part 9 Borsoniinae & Mitromorphiinae Species
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