| Tomopleura cicatrigula | |
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| Drawing of an apertural view of a shell of Tomopleura cicatrigula | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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] | |
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Tomopleura cicatrigula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.[1]
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 2 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
- Hedley, C. 1922. A revision of the Australian Turridae. Records of the Australian Museum 13(6): 213–359, pls 42–56
- Wilson, B. 1994. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
External links
- "Tomopleura cicatrigula". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- C.K. Chang (1999), Part 9 Borsoniinae & Mitromorphiinae Species
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