Tomlinella insignis

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Tomlinella insignis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Zebinidae
Genus: Tomlinella
Species:
T. insignis
Binomial name
Tomlinella insignis
(Adams & Reeve, 1850)
Synonyms [1]
  • Dentrissoina thornleyanaLaseron, 1956
  • Rissoa insignisAdams & Reeve, 1850
  • Rissoina turritaGarrett, 1873
  • Tomlinella chagosiViader, 1938

Tomlinella insignis is a species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk or micromollusk in the family Zebinidae. [1]

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Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off the Mascarene Basin.

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