Tomopleura thisbe

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Tomopleura thisbe
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Shell of Tomopleura thisbe (holotype)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Borsoniidae
Genus: Tomopleura
Species:
T. thisbe
Binomial name
Tomopleura thisbe
(Melvill, 1906)
Synonyms [1]
  • Drillia thisbe(Melvill, 1906) (unaccepted).

Tomopleura thisbe (formerly known as Drilla thisbe) is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Borsoniidae. [1]

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Description

The shell is fusiform, smooth, solid and white. Its length is 6 mm and 1.75 mm in width. It has 6 turns: the 3 at the top are glassy and very smooth, while the rest are densely covered with thick spirally ridges.

The spaces between the spiraling ridges show faint stiation running lenghtwise, when viewed under magnification. The aperture of the shell is ovate-oblong. The lip is slightly flaired. The columella is almost straight and simple. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Tomopleura thisbe (Melvill, 1906)". WoRMS. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 C., Melvill J. (29 June 1906). "Descriptions of thirty-one Gastropoda and one scaphopod from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, dredged by Mr. F.W. Townsend, 1902-1904". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London (in English and Latin): 69–80. Retrieved 23 August 2025.

"Tomopleura thisbe". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 23 August 2025.

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