Tomopleura subtilinea

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

Tomopleura subtilinea
Original image of a shell of Tomopleura subtilinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Conoidea
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Tomopleura
Species:
T. subtilinea
Binomial name
Tomopleura subtilinea
(Hedley, 1918)
Synonyms[1]
  • Asthenotoma subtilinea Hedley, 1918 (original combination)
  • Maoritomella subtilinea (Hedley, 1922)
  • Pleurotoma violacea Angas (not Hinds)
  • Tomopleura (Maoritomella) subtilinea (Hedley, 1922)
  • Tomopleura (Tomopleura) vertebrata (var.) albida Bouge, J.L. & Ph. Dautzenberg, 1914

Description

The length of the shell attains 23 mm, its width 8 mm.

(Original description) The shell is rather large and solid, cylindro-conic, tapering evenly. It contains 10 whorls. Its colour is uniform grey.

Sculpture :—On the penultimate whorl are five larger and five smaller spirals. On the body whorl are twenty-five spirals, of which seven are on the snout, besides uncounted threads, one in each of the broader furrows. Numerous close-set radial threads lattice the spaces between the main spirals, but do not cross them. Three spirals run along the fasciole, the outer rows of radial bars there contained are set in chevron. The aperture is pyriform. The outer lip is simple. The notch on the shoulder is rather deeply incised.[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales and Queensland

References
  1. WoRMS (2015). Tomopleura subtilinea. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432888 on 2016-03-27
  2. Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56
  • Laseron, C. 1954. Revision of the New South Wales Turridae (Mollusca). Australian Zoological Handbook. Sydney : Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 1–56, pls 1–12.
  • Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
  • "Tomopleura (Maoritomella) subtilinea". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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