| Tomopleura | |
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| A shell of Tomopleura bellardii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Conoidea |
| Family: | Borsoniidae |
| Genus: | Tomopleura Casey, 1904 |
| Type species | |
| Pleurotoma nivea, Philippi, 1851 | |
Tomopleura is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae. [1]
The fusiform 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. [2]
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).
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with valid names are included within the genus Tomopleura : [3]
Pseudomelatomidae is a family of predatory sea snails, marine gastropods included in the superfamily Conoidea and part of the Neogastropoda.
The Drilliidae are a taxonomic family of small predatory sea snails with high-spired shells. They are classified as marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
Clathurellinae was a subfamily of small to quite large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae.
Mangeliidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized, predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
Bathytoma is a genus of deep-water sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.
Vexitomina is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Horaiclavidae.
Miltromorpha is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mitromorphidae, in the superfamily Conoidea the cone snails and their allies. This genus was originally described by Carpenter off the west coast of the United States. The species occur mainly on the continental shelf and in insular environments. Their real diversity is poorly understood.
Mesoginella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Rissoina is a large genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks, in the family Rissoinidae.
Seila is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs or micromolluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae.
Borsoniidae is a monophyletic family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
Raphitomidae is a family of small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the superfamily Conoidea.
Maoritomella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.
Antiguraleus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Mangeliidae.
Asthenotoma is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.
Maoritomella albula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.
Pulsarella is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Borsoniidae.
Tomopleura fuscocincta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.
Tomopleura spiralissima is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.
Tomopleura tricincta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae.
