Tomopleura coffea

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

Tomopleura coffea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Tomopleura
Species:
T. coffea
Binomial name
Tomopleura coffea
(Thiele, 1925)
Synonyms[1]

Pleurotoma coffea Thiele, 1925 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 10 mm and 25 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off the Philippines.

References

  1. WoRMS (2015). Tomopleura coffea. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=435060 on 2016-03-28
  • Thiele, 1925. Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer Valdivia 1898–1899
  • "Tomopleura (Tomopleura) coffea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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