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Tomopleura

Tomopleura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.

Description

The shell with a high spire and a truncate base is light-built with a deep, reverse "U-shaped" anal sinus on the shoulder slope and a tall, straight-sided conical spire. The apex is truncate. The sculpture of the shell shows strong spiral lirae and spiral keels with fine axial threads in the interstices. There is a spiral ridge at the lower columella. The radula is of the toxoglossan type.

Distribution

Species in this marine genus occur in Central and East Indian Ocean, off East Africa, India (E), Indo-China, Japan, Mozambique, Philippines, the Red Sea, South Africa and Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia).

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Tomopleura:

Species brought into synonymy:
  • Tomopleura albula <small>(Hutton, 1873)</small>: synonym of Maoritomella albula <small>(Hutton, 1873)</small>
  • Tomopleura fultoni <small>(G.B. Sowerby III, 1888)</small>: synonym of Pulsarella fultoni <small>(G.B. Sowerby III, 1888)</small>
  • Tomopleura ischna <small>(Watson, 1881)</small>: synonym of Maoritomella ischna <small>(Watson, 1881)</small>
  • Tomopleura multiplex <small>(Webster, 1906)</small>: synonym of Maoritomella multiplex <small>(Webster, 1881)</small>
  • Tomopleura orientalis <small>(Dell, 1956)</small>: synonym of Maoritomella orientalis <small>Dell, 1956</small>
  • Tomopleura reevii <small>(Adams C. B., 1950)</small>: synonym of Drilliola reevii <small>(C. B. Adams, 1850)</small>
  • † Tomopleura transenna <small>(Suter, 1917)</small>: synonym of † Cryptomella transenna <small>(Suter, 1917)</small>

References

  • Kilburn R.N. (1986). Turridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of southern Africa and Mozambique. Part 3. Subfamily Borsoniinae. Annals of the Natal Museum. 27: 633-720.

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