Toxiclionella impages | |
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Apertural view of a shell of Toxiclionella impages | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Superfamily: | Conoidea |
Family: | Clavatulidae |
Genus: | Toxiclionella |
Species: | T. impages |
Binomial name | |
Toxiclionella impages (Adams & Reeve, 1848) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Toxiclionella impages is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Clavatulidae. [1] [2]
The shell grows to a length of 50 mm. The shell is flexuously, narrowly ribbed or plicate. The plicae extend to the suture, but not prominent. The color of the shell is yellowish brown. [3]
This marine species occurs off the Agulhas Bank, South Africa.
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